The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-25 00:00:00

Now ready, at all the Booksellers, in 2 vols., 215.,
FEMALE LIFE IN PRISON.
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THE POPULAR SCIENCE REVIEW.
Ti O. 7. October Ist, 1862), Price 2s. 6d.,
Edited by JAMES SA AIUELSON,
Will obtain, besides other instructive and interesting
matter, the following Original Articles :
The Britislic)ak ; with two page Illustrations. By Prof.
James Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c.
Tubitex Rivulorum, the Red Worm of our Rivers. With a
coloured Plate. By Edwin Ray Lankester.
Anesthetics. By Dr. T. L. Phipson, M. 8., F.C.S , &c.
Barmouth, and its Scientific Attractions. With a Tinted Il-
lustration. By the Editor.
The Electroplating Process. (Concluding Part.) With an
Illustration. By George Gore.
Notes of the Exhibition :
No. IL—The Mineralogical Department. By Prof. D.
T. Ansted,
„ llL—The Chemical Department. By Wm. Crookes,
P.C.S. Editor of the Chemical News.
IV.—The PhilosLphical Instruments. By James
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Miscellanea.—The Albert Memorial. Our Science Schools
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Naturalists' Field Clubs.
Reviews.—And
A Complete Quarterly Summary of every Branch of Science
with a Page Plate (the Comet of n 62). ,
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