Books received

Brehm's Tierleben; Allgemeine Kunde des Tierreichs. Bde i.‐iii., Die Säugetiere. Von Dr. Alfred E. Brehm, Unter Mitwirkung von Dr. Willh. Haacke neubearbeitet von Professor Dr. Pechuel‐Loesche. Vol. i. (Monkeys, Lemurs, Bats, and Carnivores), pp. xliv. + 702, 19 Pls., 139 Figs. Vol. ii. (Carnivores, Insectivores, Eodents, Edentates), pp. xii. + 708, 19 Pls., 149 Figs. Vol. iii. (Ungulates, Cetaceans, Sirenians, Marsupials, Monotremes) pp. xii.+ 744, 21 Pls., 150 Figs., 4 Maps. Gr. 8vo, Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig and Wien, 1890–1891.

Das Marokkanische Atlasgebirge. Quellenmässig dargestellt von Dr. P. Schnell. Mit Karte. (Ergänzungsheft No. 3 zu Petermann's Mittheilungen. Gotha: Justus Perthes. 1892. Pp. 120.

A travers le Royaume de Tamerlan (Asie Centrale): Voyage dans la Sibérie occiden‐tale, le Turkestan, la Boukharie, aux bords de l'Amou‐Daria, à Khiva et dans l'Oust‐Ourt. Par Guillaume Capus, Docteur ès‐Sciences, etc. etc. Illustré de 66 gravures par Paul Merwart, d'après les documents de l'auteur. Avec 2 Cartes. Paris : A. Hennuyer. Pp. xvi. + 434.

A Footnote to History: Eight Years of Trouble in Samoa. By Robert Louis Stevenson. London, etc.: Cassell and Co., 1892. Pp. 322. Price 6s.

Where shall we Go? a Guide to the Watering‐Places and Health‐Resorts of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Edited by A. R. Hope Moncrieff. Twelfth edition. London and Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1892. Pp. xxv. + 348.

Mediaæval England (Periods of English History) From the English Settlement to the Reformation. Edited by W. Scott Dalgeish, M.A., LL.D. London, Edinburgh, and New York : T. Nelson and Sons, 1892. Pp. viii. + 276. Price 2s.

Trophies from African Heathenism. By Robert Young, F.R.S.G.S. London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1892. Pp. 216. Map and Index.

Famous British Explorers and Navigators from Drake to Franklin. By Richard Rowe. London : Charles H Kelly, 1892. Pp. 240. Price 2s. 6d.

Recent Explorations in Bible Lands. By the Rev. Thomas Nicol, B.D. 76 pp. 1 Map. Edinburgh : George Adam Young and Co., 1892. Price 1s.

Meyers Konversations‐Lexicon. Band xix. Jahres‐Supplement, 1891–92. Vierte, gänzlich umgearbeitete Auflage. Leipzig und Wien : Bibliographisches Institut. 1892. Pp. xiv + 1018. Price 10 Mark.

The Maritime Provinces of Canada. A Handbook of General Information. 14 Illustrations and Map. Pp. 122. 1892.

The Statistical Year‐Booh of Canada for 1891. By Sydney C. D. Roper. Published by the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. Pp. 564, and Index.

Tasmanian Official Record, 1892. By R. M. Johnston, F.L.S. Tasmania: Strutt, 1892. Pp. 489. Index and Maps.

Sketches of Durban and its Harbour in 1891. By Cathcart W. Methven, M. Inst. O.E., F.R.S.E., Engineer‐in‐Chief, Natal Harbour Board. Durban : P. Davis and Son, 1891. Pp. xv. + 35.

Paraguay: the Land and the People; Natural Wealth and Commercial Capabilities. By Dr. E. de Bourgade la Dardye. London : George Philip and Son, 1892. Pp. 243. Price 7s. 6d.

The Forest Cantons of Switzerland: Lucerne, Schwyz, Uri, Unterwalden. By J. Sowerby, M.A. Pp. viii.+ 288. Map. London: Percival and Co., 1892. Price 3s. 6d.

The Landquart‐Davos Railway Nos. 133, 134]. By J. Hauri, Pastor. 60 pp.

The Kuranstalt W. J. Holsboer No. 135]. Grand Hôtel, Kurhaus Davos. 35 pp.

The Kursaal Maloja, in the Upper Engadine and its Environs Nos. 143, 144]. By Wilh. Altenburg. 51 pp.

The Vosges Mountains Nos. 139, 140, 141, 142]. By Fritz Ehrenberg. 137 pp.

Craigmillar and its Environs. With notices of the Topography, Natural History, and Antiquities of the District. By TOM SPEEDY. Selkirk : George Lewis and Son, 1892. Illustrated.

The Glasgow Series of Elementary Geography. By Lionel W. Lyde, M.A. (1) British North America; (2) New Zealand and Tasmania. London Percival and Co., 1892.

Philips’ Geographical Manuals. The Geography of Australia and Polynesia. By J. Francon Williams, F.R.G.S. London: George Philip and Son, 1892.

Murby's Geography and Atlas, consisting of the "Elementary Geography for Schools,” by A. H. Dick, B.Sc., M.A., LL.D., F.R.G.S. London : Thomas Murby.

Physiography : Advanced Course. By the late Andrew Findlater, M.A., LL.D. New Edition by David Forsyth, M.A., D.Sc. London and Edinburgh : W. and R. Chambers, 1892.

The Health Besort of Franzensbad, Bohemia (with 47 illustrations by J. Weber), with a Map. Illustrated Europe, Nos. 145, 146, 147. Zürich : The Art Institute Orelli‐Füssli.