Science Gossip . dozen-page Introduction. This latter ischiefly historical and biographical, written in histrenchant style, which at times ran to unjustness forthe sake of literary effect. Such is shown in the lastsentence of the first paragraph on page xxxvii. Yetit is not all so, and this Introduction is a distinct addi-tion as another essay on the lore of Gilbert White,and his never failing sweet inspirations of the breezycountry with its living things. A Natural History of the British Lepidoplera. ByJ. W. Tutt, Vol. I., iv + 560 pp., 9in. by6in. (London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 18
Science Gossip . dozen-page Introduction. This latter ischiefly historical and biographical, written in histrenchant style, which at times ran to unjustness forthe sake of literary effect. Such is shown in the lastsentence of the first paragraph on page xxxvii. Yetit is not all so, and this Introduction is a distinct addi-tion as another essay on the lore of Gilbert White,and his never failing sweet inspirations of the breezycountry with its living things. A Natural History of the British Lepidoplera. ByJ. W. Tutt, Vol. I., iv + 560 pp., 9in. by6in. (London : Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1899.) Though a year late, we have received a copy ofMr. Tutts now well-known work on the BritishLepidoptera, which forms one of the best text-bookson the Order, though some of the older students maynot agree with his proposals for reforming classifica-tion. This volume bears evidence of careful, honest,and thoughtful labour, and this first instalment givespromise of future valuable work. •76 Fig. Heat for Advanced Students. By Edwin Edser, viii + 470 pp., 7 in. x 4! in., illustrated by213 figures. (London : Macmillan & Co. 1899.)4s. 6d. This book will certainly prove a welcome oneamong students of Heat. There are a good manytext-books on Heat already published, but they donot show the superior treatment that marks book throughout its 466 pages. The wholematter is compiled in an excellent manner, and thesubject is brought quite up to modern knowledge bythe insertion of some recent researches. Eachdivision of the subject is treated with remarkableclearness, so that an attentive reader, if he hasalready studied Heat a little, will not have muchdifficulty in mastering the contents of the presentvolume. Numer-ous experimentsare described indetail, and manynew pieces ofapparatus figureamong the 214illustrations. Ofthese, specialmention may bemade of thefollowing. illustratesWeedons pa-tented apparatusfor the absolutecoefficient of expansion
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