Nature (journal)/Volume 1/Number 8

A WEEKLY ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL OF SCIENCE

To the solid ground
Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye.”—Wordsworth



No. 8]
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1869


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CONTENTS

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Town Sewage. By Dr. Benjamin H. Paul, F.C.S. 207
Science for Children. By Charles W. Quin, F.C.S. 209
The Gold Fields of Victoria. I. By A. Geikie, F.R.S. 210
Our Book Shelf 212
Sensation and Perception. I. By Prof. H. C. Bastian, F.R.S. 213
Mistletoe 214
The Midnight Sky. (With Illustrations.) 215
Letters to the Editor
Variety and Species.—F. 218
Cuckow's Eggs.—H. E. Dresser 218
Physical Meteorology.—Dr. Hudson 218
A Cyclone in England.—F.R.A.S. 219
Lectures to Ladies.—M. T. G. 219
Notes 219
Scientific Serials 221
Astronomy 221
Societies and Academies 221
Diary. Books Received 226