confirmed (1873), that naphthalene derivatives of analogous composition are hemimorphous. Nicklès (1849) showed that in ethylene sulphate the angle of the prism is 125° 26´, and in the nitrate of the same radicle 126° 95´. The angle of the prism of methylamine oxalate is 131° 20´, and of fluoride, which is very different in composition from the former, the angle is 132°. Groth (1870) endeavoured to indicate in general what kinds of change of form proceed with the substitution of hydrogen by various other elements and groups, and he observed a regularity which he termed _morphotropy_. The following examples show that morphotropy recalls the hemimorphism of Laurent. Benzene, C_{6}H_{6}, rhombic system, ratio of the axes 0·891 : 1 : 0·799. Phenol, C_{6}H_{5}(OH), and resorcinol, C_{6}H_{4}(OH)_{2}, also rhombic system, but the ratio of one axis is changed--thus, in resorcinol, 0·910 : 1 : 0·540; that is, a portion of the crystalline structure in one direction is the same, but in the other direction it is changed, whilst in the rhombic system dinitrophenol, C_{6}H_{3}(NO_{2})_{2}(OH) = O·833 : 1 : 0·753; trinitrophenol (picric acid), C_{6}H_{2}(NO)_{3}(OH) = 0·937 : 1 : 0·974; and the potassium salt = 0·942 : 1 : 1·354. Here the ratio of the first axis is preserved--that is, certain angles remain constant, and the chemical proximity of the composition of these bodies is undoubted. Laurent compares hemimorphism with architectural style. Thus, Gothic cathedrals differ in many respects, but there is an analogy expressed both in the sum total of their common relations and in certain details--for example, in the windows. It is evident that we may expect many fruitful results for molecular mechanics (which forms a problem common to many provinces of natural science) from the further elaboration of the data concerning those variations which take place in crystalline form when the composition of a substance is subjected to a known change, and therefore I consider it useful to point out to the student of science seeking for matter for independent scientific research this vast field for work which is presented by the correlation of form and composition. The geometrical regularity and varied beauty of crystalline forms offer no small attraction to research of this kind.