LVIII. GEOGRAPHICAL and GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION of ANIMALS. By Prof. A. HEILPRIN.

LIX. WEATHER: a Popular Exposition of the Nature of Weather Changes from Day to Day. By the Hon. RALPH ABERCROMBY. With 96 Figures. Third Edition.

LX. ANIMAL MAGNETISM. By ALFRED BINET and CHARLES
FÉRE, Third Edition.

LXI. MANUAL OF BRITISH DISCOMYCETES, with descrip-
tions of all the Species of Fungi hitherto found in Britain included in the
Family, and Illustrations of the Genera. By WILLIAM PHILLIPS, F.L.S.
LXII. INTERNATIONAL LAW. With Materials for a Code of
International Law. By Professor LEONE LEVI.

LXIII. The GEOLOGICAL HISTORY of PLANTS. By Sir J. WILLIAM DAWSON. With 80 Illustrations.

LXIV. THE ORIGIN OF FLORAL STRUCTURES THROUGH INSECT AND OTHER AGENCIES. By Prof. G. HENSLOW Second Edition.

LXV. On the SENSES, INSTINCTS, and INTELLIGENCE of ANIMALS, with special reference to INSECTS. By Sir JOHN LUBBOCK, Bart., M.P. With 118 Illustrations. Third Edition. LXVI. THE PRIMITIVE FAMILY IN ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. By C. N. STARCKE.

LXVII. PHYSIOLOGY of BODILY EXERCISE. By FERNAND LAGRANGE, M.D. Second Edition.

LXVIII. The COLOURS of ANIMALS: their Meaning and Use, especially considered in the case of Insects. By E. B. POULTON, F.R.S. With Chromolithographic Frontispiece and upwards of 60 Figures in Text. Second Edition.

LXIX. INTRODUCTION TO FRESH-WATER ALGÆ. With an Enumeration of all the British Species. By M. C. COOKE, LL.D. With 13 Plates Illustrating all the Genera.

LXX. SOCIALISM: NEW AND OLD. By WILLIAM GRAHAM, M.A., Professor of Political Economy and Jurisprudence, Queen's College, Belfast. Second Edition.

LXXI. COLOUR-BLINDNESS AND COLOUR-PERCEPTION. By F. W. EDRIDGE-GREEN, M.D. With 3 Coloured Plates.

LXXII. MAN AND THE GLACIAL PERIOD. By G. F. WRIGHT, D.D. With 111 Illustrations and Maps. Second Edition. LXXIII. HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND LATIN PALEOGRAPHY. By E. MAUNDE THOMPSON. With Tables of Alphabets and Facsimiles. Second Edition.

LXXIV. A HISTORY of CRUSTACEA: Recent Malacostraca. By THOMAS R. R. STEBBING, M.A. With 19 Plates and 32 Figures in

Text.

LXXV. THE DISPERSAL of SHELLS: an Inquiry into the means of Dispersal possessed by Fresh Water and Land Mollusca. By H. WALLIS KEW, F.Z.S. With Preface by A. R. WALLACE, F.R.S., and Illustrations.

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