This v. and the two succeeding ones were the outcome of a government scientific expedition round the world during which D. was naturalist. The results of the voyage were considered “the most important of recent years,” and “it is impossible to overrate the influence of the voyage on D.’s career. He left England untried, he returned a practised and brilliant geologist. And above all he came back full of the thoughts of evolution.” The general appearance of the additions catalogue as it appears in these bulletins may be gathered from the two following examples: =Philology.= =Wright, Joseph.= Primer of the Gothic Language: containing the Gospel of St Mark, selections from the other Gospels, and the Second Epistle to Timothy: with grammar, notes, and glossary. 1899. (Clarendon Pr.) =R= 439 Author was deputy prof. of comparative philology, Oxford Univ., and ed. of “The English Dialect Dict.” (=R=q 427). Bibliog. of works on Gothic, 2 pp. _225 =bb=_ _6060_ =Natural Science.= =Ellis, David.= Medicinal Herbs and Poisonous Plants. _Illus._ 1918. (Blackie) =CST= 581.6 Author is D.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.E. Elementary botanical descriptions of British plants, including herbs imported or collected for the herbalist. Notes concerning cultivation, source of supply, present and former price, and other commercial details, are given of the more important British drug plants. _615_ _2349_ =Gerhardi, C. H. W.= Electricity Meters: their construction and management: a practical manual for central station engineers, distribution engineers, and students. _Illus._ 1917. (Benn) =CR= 621.3 Author is chief of testing dept., Metropolitan Electric Supply Co., London. Alphabetically arranged descriptions, under classified heads, of the principal meters in use to-day. Latter portion of v. is devoted to testing arrangements and apparatus, meter testing, fixing, reading, cleaning and repairing, and book-keeping. _19843_ =Mackenzie=, _Col._ =J. S. F.= Wild Flowers, and How to Name Them at a Glance without Botany. _Illus._ (Holden) =CST= 580 Deals with some 300 of the larger and more common wild flowers, without technical terms, and uses identification methods described as similar to those employed by the police in identifying people. _33549_ =Stanley, W. F.= Notes on the Nebular Theory in Relation to Stellar, Solar, Planetary, Cometary, and Geological Phenomena. 15 + 259 pp. 31 _Illus._ 8¼ ins. × 5½ ins. 1895. (Paul, Trench, Trübner). =CSTR= S70(016) Author (1829-1900), (F.R.A.S., F.G.S., etc.), scientific instrument maker and educationalist, was a South Norwood resident, a local J.P., and founder of the Stanley Technical Trade Schools, South Norwood. _523.1 Gift from Mrs Cushing_ _19840_ =Useful Arts.= =Jennings,= A. S. =Painting= by immersion and by compressed air. 1915. _Ill._ [698] 22216