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IT may be enough to say of the third volume of the new edition of "Chambers's Encyclopaedia "that it falls in no respect below the high level maintained in the preceding volumes. The editor is working upon a well-conceived plan, and he has every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which individual subjects are dealt with by his contributors. Scientific subjects continue to receive the attention which properly belongs to them in such a work as this. Tbe treatment of coal, coral islands, and geology generally has been intrusted to Prof. James Geikie, and his articles are admirable examples of compact and lucid exposition. Mr. J. Arthur Thomson writes of caterpillars, cells, crabs, &c.; Dr. Leonard Dobbin, of chemistry; Dr. Alexander Buchan, of climate; Mr. R. T. Omond, of clouds; and Dr. R. A. Lundie. of colourblindness. Mr. C. J. Woodward has an article on crystallography, and Dr. W. Peddie treats of dew and diffusion, Of the articles on Darwin and the Darwinian theory, the former is contributed by Mr. Grant Allen, the latter by Prof. Patrick Geddes. There are a good many geographical articles, among which we may especially note the article on China, by Prof. Legge; that on the Congo, by Sir Francis de Winton; and that on Constantinople, by Mr. Stanley Lane-Poole. So far as we have been able to test the various papers, we have found them carefully written and thoroughly trustworthy.
Chambers's Encyclopædia.
New Edition. Vol. III. (London and Edinburgh: W. and R. Chambers, 1889.).
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 39, 557 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039557a0
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