Nature (journal)/Volume 1/Number 7
A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE
“To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye.”—Wordsworth
No. 7]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1869
Registered for Transmission Abroad]
[All Rights are Reserved
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Darwinism and National Life | 183 | |
| The Progress of Natural Philosophy. By Prof. P. G. Tait | 184 | |
| Dana's Mineralogy. II. By Prof. N. Story Maskelyne | 186 | |
| Bibliotheque des Merveilles. By G. Farrer Rodwell, F.C.S. (With Illustrations) | 187 | |
| Our Book Shelf | 188 | |
| The Japanese. By J. C. Chessar. (With Illustrations.) | 190 | |
| The Food of Oceanic Animals. By J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S. | 192 | |
| Gold Diggers in Thibet | 192 | |
| Letters to the Editor | ||
| Lectures to Ladies | 193 | |
| Chrysophanus Dispar | 193 | |
| The Brighton Aquarium | 193 | |
| The Cloaca Maxima | 193 | |
| Lightning in a Clear Sky | 193 | |
| Notes | 193 | |
| Societies and Academies. Diary. Books Received | 194–202 | |