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POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW.

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EDITED BY HENRY LAWSON, M.D.

HE Popular Science Review is the only Journal which takes up the intermediate position between the world of Science and the public generally. There are scientific journals abundant which represent each section of the scientific public properly so called; and there are literary journals which devote a certain portion of their space to scientific matters of general interest. But the only journal which is at once a sort of connecting link between the scientific world on the one side and the people-i.e. those who are beyond the limit of the scientific circle-on the other, is the Popular Science Review.

Thus it contains no original theories. Until a theory, in fact, has obtained the sanction of the purely scientific world, it holds no place in the pages of the Popular Science Review; but as soon as a fact is recognized as an unquestionable scientific truth, and long before it reaches the general public by any other channel, it takes its place in the pages of the Popular Science Review. Here it is laid out in the plainest but most exact language possible, and, if necessary, is illustrated fully,—not in that claptrap style which is adopted by magazines of a particular class, but in a clear, distinct, and yet modest fashion, plainly setting forth the aims and desires of the author.

The plan of the Popular Science Review is briefly as follows:-First come a number of articles illustrated by a variety of page-plates, and dealing with those questions in each branch of science which have been most recently the subject of communications to the Scientific Societies. These are invariably done by men who are at once the most eminent and representative in the several branches of science to which they belong: we refer to the names of Contributors as a proof of this. Leaving the Original Articles, we come next to the Reviews. These are short, but as a rule they are to the point; and they generally contain notices of every scientific book which has been published during the quarter.

Finally, we come to the Scientific Summary. In this we find a very perfect record of the principal work done at home and abroad in the following various branches :-Archæology, Botany, Geology, Palæontology, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Microscopy, Metallurgy, Mining, Physics, Photography, Zoology, Comparative Anatomy, and Medicine. This department is divided amongst a number of men, and generally may be said to put the general reader au courant with the progress of science at home and abroad during the quarter which has elapsed previous to publication.

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Thus, altogether, the Journal furnishes an amount of scientific information, in a popular and yet exact form, which cannot be found in any other English periodical.

Vols. I. to XI., Sets in Numbers, £5. 15s. 11 vols. cloth, £6. 14s.
Half-morocco, £8. 8s. Cloth Covers for Binding, price 1s. 6d. each.

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Popular Science Review, Vol. 1 contains:

Corn. By Prof. J. Buckman, F.L.S.,
F.G.S., F.S.A., &c. Illustrated.
The Daisy. By Mrs. Lankester. Illus-
trated.

The Crown Animalcule. By P. H.
Gosse, F.R.S. Illustrated.

The Lowest Forms of Life. By James
Samuelson and Dr. Bruxton Hicks,
F.L.S.

Iron and Steel. By R. Hunt, F.R.S.
Artificial Light. By Prof. Ansted,

F.R.S.

The Breath of Life. By W. Crookes,
F.R.S.

The West Coast of Equatorial Africa.
With a Coloured Map.

The Great Comet of 1861. By J. Breen.
Illustrated.

Caverns and their Contents. By Prof.
Ansted, F,R.S.

The Lowest Forms of Life. Illustrated.
The Flower Animalcules. ByP.H.Gosse,
F.R.S. Illustrated.

Cotton. By Dr. Lankester, F.R.S.
Illustrated.

Grass. By Prof. Buckman, F.L.S. Il-
lustrated.

The Reflex Theory. By G. H. Lewes.
Solar Chemistry. By R. Hunt, F.R.S.
With Coloured Diagram.

Optical Phenomena of the Atmosphere.
By G. F. Chambers.

The Phosphorescence of the Sea. With
a Plate.

The Sun and Solar Phenomena. With
a Coloured Plate. By James Breen,
F.R.A.S.

Light and Colour. With a Coloured
Plate. By Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
The Application of Science to Electro-
plating. By G. Gore, F.R.S.
Artificial Precious Stones. By W. S.
Howgrave.

The White Clover. By Mrs. Lankester.
With two Plates.

The Human Heart. By Isaac Ashe,
B.A., T.C.D.

The Great Exhibition of 1862.

The Britannia and Conway Tubular
Bridges. With Page Plate. By W. C.
Unwin, B.Sc.

Primitive Astronomy. With two
Coloured Illustrations.

The Physics of a Sunbeam. With
Coloured Plate. By R. Hunt, F.R.S.
The English California. By G. P.
Bevan, F.G.S.

The Contents of Caverns (concluding
Part). By D. T. Ansted, F.R.S.
The Microscope, with Directions for
its Use. Illustrated with Woodcuts.
By C. Collingwood, M.B., F.L.S.
The Builder Animalcules. With a Page
Plate. By P. H. Gosse, F.R.S.
The Common Truffle. With a Page
Plate. By Jabez Hogg, M.R.C.S.,
&c.

Popular Science Review, Vol. 2 contains :

The British Oak. Two Page Illustrations. By Prof. Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c.

Tubifex Rivulorum, the Red Worm of

our Rivers. With a Coloured Plate.
By Edwin Ray Lankester.
Anæsthetics. By Dr. T. L. Phipson,
M.B., F.C.S., &c.

Barmouth and its Scientific Attractions.
With a Tinted Illustration.

The Electro-plating Process (conclud-
ing Part). With an Illustration. By
George Gore.

Notes of the Exhibition of 1862.

The Mistletoe and Parasitic Plants. By
. Mrs. Lankester. Illustrated.
The Winter Life of Plants. By Harland
Coultas.

The Vinegar Eel. By Jabez Hogg, F.L.S.
With Tinted Plate.

The Eye of the Ox and its Microscopi-
cal Structure. By E. Beckitt Truman.
With Tinted Plate.

Mars. By James Breen, F.R.A.S. With
Coloured Plate.

Our Fresh-water Polyzoa. By Rev.
W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S. Two
Page Plates.

The African Lion in its Native Haunts.
By Jules Gerard.

The Human Skin. By Isaac Ashe, M.B.
With Page Plate.

The Furniture Woods of Commerce.
By P. L. Simmonds.

Fossil Birds. By S. J. Mackie, F.G.S.
Illustrated.

History of a Beech-tree. By Harland
Coultas.

The Antiquity of Man. By J. R. Leif-
child, M.A.

On the Physical Geography of the
Ionian Islands. By Prof. D. T. Ansted,
M.A., F.R.S.

The Telescope.

By James Breen,

F.R.S.
Our British Jungermaniæ.

Rotifera or Wheel Animalcules. Part
IV. The Flexible Creepers (Notom-
matina). By Philip Henry Gosse,
F.R.S. Illustrated.

On the Morphology of Vinca minor
(small Periwinkle). By James Buck-
man, F.L.S., F.G.S.

Colour Blindness. By Jabez Hogg,
F.L.S. Illustrated.

PopularScience Review, Vol. 3 contains:

Photographic Printing and Engraving,
with a Photograph of a Complete
Page of the Times Newspaper printed
from Stone. By William Crookes,
F.R.S.

Fresh Air. By E. Lankester, M.D.,
F.R.S.

Microscopic Fungi Parasitic on Living
Plants. By M. C. Cooke. Coloured
Illustrations.

On the Physical Geography of the
Ionian
Islands. By Prof. D. T.

Ansted, M.A., F.R.S.
The Metropolitan Main Drainage Works,
with a Map of the Works.
Mackie, F.G.S.

By S. J.

Diseased Pork, and Microscopic Worms in Man. By John Gamgee. Пlustrated.

Bodily Work and Waste. By Francis

T. Bond, M.D., B.A. (Lond.), F.C.S.
The Railway Tunnel through the Alps.
With Tinted Illustration.

Greek Fire: its Ancient and Modern
History. By B. W. Richardson, M.A.,
M.D.

Notes on Earthquakes. By Rev. W. S.
Symonds.

On Printing Telegraphs. With Co-
loured Fac-simile Illustration. By
R. S. Culley.

Herrings and Herring Fishing. By the
Editor.

On Proper Clothing. By E. Lankester,
M.D., F.R.S.

On the Absorption and Radiation of
Heat. With two Page Illustrations,
By H. Debus, Ph.D., F.R.S.
Botanical Exercises. By Rev. G. Hen
slow, M.A., F.L.S.

Pre-historic Dwellings. With Tinted
Illustrations. By G. E. Roberts,

F.A.S.L.

The Aniline Dyes. With Page of Silk
Illustrations. By Dr. T. L. Phipson,
F.C.S.

On the Action of Manures. By Baron
Liebig.

The Old Red Sandstone Fishes of Eng-
land. By E. Ray Lankester. Illus-
trated.

Oysters and Oyster Culture. By the
Editor. Illustrated.
The Pneumatic Dispatch. By S. J.
Mackie, F.G.S. Illustrated.
Thermometry. By G. F. Chambers.

Popular Science Review, Vol. 4 contains:

Extraordinary Ships. By S. J. Mackie,
F.G.S. Illustrated.

Good Food. By Edwin Lankester, M.D.,
F.R.S.

On the Origin of Local Floras of Great
Britain and Ireland. By Harland
Coultas. Illustarted.

Metamorphism. By Prof. D.T. Ansted,
M.A., F.R.S., &c.

Morphological Peculiarities of Linaria
spuria. By E. S. Magrath. Illustrated.
The Metric System. By James Spear.
Illustrated.

Recent Investigations into the Natural
History of the Red Coral. By the
Editor. Illustrated.

What is a Stimulant? By Francis E.
Anstie, M.D.

The Source of Heat in the Sun. By
Robert Hunt, F.R.S. Illustrated.
Soup for Children. By Baron Liebig.
Vegetables, Fruit, and Water as Sources

of Intestinal Worms. By T. Spencer
Cobbold, M.D., F.R.S. Illustrated.
The Anatomy and Physiology of the
Foraminifera. By W. C. Williamson,
F.R.S. Illustrated.

Waves of Heat and Waves of Death.
By B. W. Richardson, M.A., M.D.,
F.R.S.

Origin of our Kitchen Garden Plants.
By Harland Coultas.

The Geology of Mineral Springs. By
Francis T. Bond, M.D., B.A., F.C.S.
Illustrated.

Train-signalling in Theory and Prac-
tice. By Charles V. Walker, F.R.S.,
F.R.A.S.

Extract of Meat. By Charles Boner.
On Sponges. By Robert Patterson,
F.R.S.

The Physical Phenomena of other
Worlds. By Robert Hunt, F.R.S.
Migration of European Birds. By A.
Leith Adams, M.A., M.B., F.G.S.,
F.L.S.

On the Difficulties in Identifying many

of the Lower Kinds of Algæ. By J.
Braxton Hicks, M.D., F.R.S.

On the Oldest known Fossil (Eozoon
Canadense) of the Laurentian Rocks
of Canada; its Place, Structure, and
Significance. By Prof. T. Rupert
Jones, F.G.S.

Balloon Ascents and their Scientific
Importance. By James Glaisher,
F.R.S. Illustrated.

On the Highest Magnifying Powers
and their Uses. By Lionel S. Beale,
M.B., F.R.S.

Darwin's Observations on the Physio-
logy of the Process of Fertilization in
Plants. By M. C. Cooke. Illus-
trated.

What is a Tonic? By Edward Divers,
M.D., F.C.S.

The Eruption of Etna. By S. J. Mackie,
F.G.S.

Inside the Eye: the Ophthalmoscope

and its Uses. By Ernest Hart, Oph-
thalmic Su geon and Lecturer on
Ophthalmic Surgery and Medicine at
St. Mary's Hospital Medical School.
Illustrated.

Is the Whitebait a Distinct Species ?
By the Editor. Illustrated.

On the Means of Communicating be-
tween Guards and Passengers on
Railways. By Thomas Symes Pri-
deaux.

Atlantic Telegraphy. By Robert Hunt,
F.R.S. Illustrated.

On Pure Water. By Edwin Lankester,
M.D., F.R.S.

On the Nature and Diagnostic Value of
Raphides and Other Plant Crystals.
By Prof. Gulliver, F.R.S.

On Lake Basins. By Prof. D. T. Ansted,
M.A., F.R.S. Illustrated.
Epidemics Past and Present: their
Origin and Distribution.

On the Microscopic Anatomy of an
Insect Larva (Corethra plumicornis).
By E. Ray Lankester. Illustrated.
The Moon. By James Breen, F.R.A.S.
Illustrated.

Photography, and some of its Applica-
tions. By the Editor.

Popular Science Review, Vol. 5 contains :—

Insects Injurious to the Turnip Crops.

By Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S.
Coffee. By Baron Liebig.
Australia and Europe formerly One
Continent. By Berthold Seeman,
Ph.D., F.L.S., V.P.A.S.

On Ozone in Relation to Health and
Disease. By B. W. Richardson, M.A.,
F.R.S.

Glaciers and Ice. By W. F. Barrett.
Illustrated.

On the Phenomena of Motion, Sensi-
tiveness in Climbing Plants. By Rev.
G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S. With
Page Illustration.

On the Construction and Use of the
Spectrum Microscope. By H. C.
Sorby, F.R.S.

On the Volvox Globator. By J. Brax-
ton Hicks, M.D. (Lond.), F.R.S.
Engraving with a Sunbeam. Wood-
bury's Relief-printing. By J. Traill
Taylor. Illustrated.

Entozoon-like Bodies in the Muscles of
Animals destroyed by Cattle Plague.
By Lionel S. Beale, M.B., F.R.S.
Our House Spiders. By J. Blackwall,
F.L.S.

Raised Beaches, and their Origin. By
Edward Hull, B.A., F.G.S.

On Milk, and its Adulteration.

By

Augustus Voelcher, Ph.D., F.C.S., &c.

The Amoeba: its Structure, Develop-
ment, and Habits. By Prof. W. C.
Williamsom, F.R.S.

On the Solfatara and Fumaroles in the
Neighbourhood of Naples. By Prof.
D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S.

The Graphotype Process. By the

Editor. Illustrated.

By

Hydræ or Fresh-water Polypes.
Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S.
How to Work with the Telescope.
Part I. By R. A. Proctor, B.A.,
F.R.A.S.

On the Exhaustion of our Coal. By
Leonard Lemoran, M.E.

On Hybridization among Plants. By
Rev. G. Henslow, M.A., F.L.S.
On the Light-emitting Apparatus of
the Glowworm. By Henry Fripp,
M.D.

Sun-force and Earth-force.

Richardson.

By Dr.

The Eruption of Santorin. By Prof.
D. T. Ansted, F.R.S.

On the Movements of the Diatomaceæ.
By E. Ray Lankester.
Aerolites.

By Townshend M. Hall,

F.G.S.
On the Electrical Principles of the
Atlantic Telegraph. By Prof. G. C.
Foster.

The Bone Caverns of Gibraltar, Malta,
and Sicily. By A. Leith Adams, A.M.,
M.B., F.G.S., &c.

Notes on Lophopus crystallinus. By
J. Josselyn Ranson and T. Graham
Ponton.

Genesis or Parthenogenesis? By H. E.
Fripp, M.D.

Modern Views of Denudation.
Edward Hull, B.A., F.G.S.

By

How to Work with the Telescope.
Part II. By Richard A. Proctor, B.A.,
F.R.A.S.

Popular Science Review, Vol. 6 contains :—

On Growth of some of the Algæ. Illus-
trated by a few of the Common kinds.
By J. Braxton Hicks, M.D., F.R.S.
The Geology of Sinai. By Rev. E. W.
Holland, M.A.

The Planet Mars in January, 1867. By
Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S.
Illustrated.

On Water-filters. By Edward Divers,
M.D., F.C.S. Illustrated.
Our Fresh-water Entomostraca, Shell
Insects, or Water-Fleas. By W.
Baird, M.D., F.L.S. Illustrated.
How to Photograph Microscopic Ob-
jects. By Edward T. Wilson, M.B.
Oxon. Illustrated.

Recent Discoveries in Insect Embryo-
geny. By Henry Fripp, M.D. Illus-
trated.

On the Struggle for Existence among
Plants. By J. D. Hooker, M.D.,

F.R.S.
How to Study Meteorology. By G. T.
Chambers, F.R.A.S. Illustrated.
On Sensitive Flames. By W. F.
Barrett. Illustrated.

Paraffin Lamps and their Dangers. By
John Attfield, Ph.D., F.C.S.
Venus's Flower-basket (Euplectella).
By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. Illustrated.

An Attempt to Approximate the Date
of the Flint Flakes of Devon and
Cornwall. By Spence Bate, F.R.S.
Illustrated.

By

Jupiter without his Satellites.
Richard A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S.
Illustrated.

Fitzroy Weather Forecasts. By G. F.
Chambers, F.R.A.S. Illustrated.
On Life Insurance and Vital Statistics.
By W. Hardwicke, M.D.

New Electro-Magnetic Machines. By
S. J. Mackie.

Illustrated.

The Botany of a Coal-mine. By Wm.
Carruthers, F.L.S. Illustrated.

The Microscope in Geology. By David
Forbes, F.R.S. Illustrated.

Why the Leaves Fall. By Maxwell T.
Masters, M.D., F.L.S.

A Message from the Stars. By Robert
Hunt, F.R.S.

On the Planariæ of our Ponds and
Streams. By E. Ray Lankester.
Illustrated.

Ventilation and Ventilators.

Editor. Illustrated.

By the

Physics of the Brain. By B. W. Richardson, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.

Popular Science Review, Vol. 7 contains:—

The Common Fresh-water Sponge
(Spongilla fluviatilis). By Prof. W.
C. Williamson, F.R.S. Illustrated.
The Hurricane, the Typhoon, and the
Tornado. By Prof. D. T. Ansted,
F.R.S.
Sensitive Plants. By Maxwell T. Mas-
ters, M.D., F.L.S. Illustrated.
The former range of the Reindeer in
Europe. By W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A.,
F.R.S.

The Science of a Snow-flake.

By

Robert Hunt, F.R.S. Illustrated. The Food of Plants. By Prof. Church, M.A., F.C.S.

The Gems and Precious Stones of Great Britain. By J. Morris, F.G.S. Illustrated.

Is the Fresh-water Sponge (Spongilla)
an Animal? By John Hogg, M.A.,
F.R.S.

How to Dissect a Flower. By M. C.
Cooke. Illustrated.

The Polariscope and how to Work
with it. By C. Hockin, M.A. Illus-
trated.

Free Nematoids. By H. Carlton
Bastian, M.D., F.R.S. Illustrated.

On the Animals which are most nearly
intermediate between Birds and Rep-
tiles. By Prof. Huxley, LL.D., F.R.S.
Illustrated.

The Study of Chemical Geology. By
David Forbes, F.R.S., &c.

Plants known by their Pollen-grains
and other Cells. By George Gulliver,
F.R.S.

The Great Eclipse of August 17, 1868.
By R. A. Proctor, B.A., F.R.A.S.
Illustrated.

On the Range of the Mammoth. By
W. Boyd Dawkins, M.A., F.R.S.
Caddis-worms and their Metamor-
phoses. By Rev. W. Houghton,
M.A., F.L.S. Illustrated.

What is Wine? By August Dupré,
Ph.D.

Iron Shields and Iron Forts. By S. J.
Mackie, Assoc. Inst. C.E. Illustrated.
The Air or Swimming Bladder of Fishes.

By Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S.
How to make a Geological Section. By
Prof. D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S.
Illustrated.

The Life of a Seed. By Maxwell T.
Masters, M.D., F.L.S. Illustrated.

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