MAY, 192Q. MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW. BIBLIOGRAPHY. 289 RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE WEATHER BUREAU LIBRARY C. F’rrzmroH TNMAN, Professor in Charge of Library. The €allowing have been selected from of books recently received ns likely to be useful to Weather BUMRII officitils in their metoorological work and studies: Braak Dr. C[omelis]. d e t klimaat van den Id’en. Ratavia. [1919?] 51 p. maps. diagrs. 33 cm. (Het d j e n Hoogled. Monogra hie V.) [A comprehensive monograph on the climate of the &en plateau, a t the eastern end of Java.] Brezina, Emst, & Schmidt, Wilhelm. uber Beziehungen zmschen der Witterung und dem Befinden des Menschen. auf Grund statistkcher Erhebungen dargestellt. Wien. 1914. 83 . tablea. 24 cm. (Aus den Sitzungsbe- richten der KaiserT Akademie der Wissenschaften in %en. Mathem. naturw. klaase; Bd. CXSIII. Abt. 111. Okto- ber bis Dezember 1914.) Brooks, C. E. P. Climate and weather of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. London. 1920. 146 p. maps. tables. diagrs. 33 cm. (Air Ministry. Meteorologwal nfice. Geophysical memoirs, No. 15.) Verzeichnis der Veriiffentlichungen, der Beobachter und Beamten sowie der Stationen der Bayerischen Landeswetterwartc (vor- nials K. B. Meteorologkchen C’entrdstntion) in den ersten 40 Jahren ihres Bestehena (1S79-191S). Miinchen. [1919 ?] 32 p. 33 cm. Fontsed, Eduardo. Brunner, Carl. Sobre el r6gmen normal de 10s vientos superioree en Barcelona durante 10s meses de verano y otoiio. Barcelona. lu”0. p 1. 65-72. 31 cm. (Facultad de ciencias de la Univemidad de Barcelona. Publicdciones de la Secci6n de ciencks naturales. VIII.) Great Britain. Meteorological o5ce. Book of n o m l s of meteorological elements for the British Isles for periods ending 1915. Section 1.-Monthly normals for sta- tions (1881-1915 . London. 1919. 94 p. 34 cm. Sect. II- London. 1920. pp. 95-11s. 34 mi. Isothermen von Deutschland. [Berlin.] 1930. . 36947G. 2 maps. 35) cm. (SitZUngdbenChte der Preussiwten Akademie der Whsenschaftern. Sitzung der physihliwhmatheni. Hlasse vom 1s. Miirz.) Weekly, month i y. quarterly, and seasonal normals for districts. Hellmann, G[ustav]. Lloyd, Francis E. Structure of hailstones of exceptional form and size. Montreal. 1916. p. 47-50. 35 cm. (McGill University. Papers from the department of meteorology. New series. No. 1.) [Reprinted from the Transactions of the Royal Society nf Canada, Section 111, September, 1916.1 [Radial spike developnient on hail- stones.] Shackleton, Sir Ernest. South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition. 1914-1927. Lon- don. 1930. 368 p. map. illus. 35) cm. [Appendix I con tains “Sea-ice nomenclature,” by J. 11. N70rdie, . 344-347, and “Meteorology,” by L. D. A. Hussey, p. 347-351.7 Frost protechon III lemon orchar&. Wa.qhington. 1920. 30 p. 23 cm. (U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Bull. SS1.) [Protected orchards, during freeze of 1913-13 in California. yielded through- out year, while in unprotected orchards the yield waR not d a - ble and the trees suffered for a year or more.] Shamel, A. D., Scott, $. B., & Pomero , C. S. Westman, J. Sonnenscheindauer im mittelschwedischen Ostseegebiet. 1911- 1916. Stockholm. 1917. 34 p. 31 cm. (Kungl. Svemks vetenskapsakademienR handlin-mr. Band 57. No 9.) Burke der Sonnenstrahlung irn mi ttelschwedkhen 0stsee:ebiet im Jnhre 1922. Stockholm. 1918. 33 p. 31 cni. (Kungl. Svenska veteiiskapsltlradeniiens handlingm. Rand 58. No. s.) Winchester, Lil . Tewhing orgeography t n children. London. 1920. SO p. 19) cm. [Contains a chapter giving best methods of introducinq weather study to young children.] RECENT PAPERS BEARING ON METEOROLOGY AND SEI SMOLOQY. C. F. TALMAN, Professor in Charge of Libmry. The following titles have been selected from the con- tents of tho peiiodic.nls and serials recently received in the Libmry of the Weather Rrueau. The titles selected are of papers and other communicwtions bearing on mete- orology and cognate branches of science. This is not a ronipletc index of all the journals from which it has been compiled. It shows only the articles that appear to the compiler likely to be of particular interest in connection with the work of the Keather Bureau. Aviation. New I’brk. ZJ. 8. Jt6m 15, 19.70. Jones, Melville. Over-cloud flying and commercial aeronautics. p. 40240S. [Abstract in later REVIEW.] Engineering neios-record. New Ybrk. v. Si. June 10, 1990. Balderston, Charles. Ice inside caat-uon column rakes floor. p. C. A 900-inch rain gage on a peak of Kauai. p. 1166. to be the largest rain gage in existence.] Great Britain. Meteorological sfice. Geophysical niemoirs. London. Cave, C. J. P., & Dines, J. S. Soundings with pilot balloons in the isles of Scilly: November and December, 1911. p. 79-94. Ueteorolo ical maga:irie. London. v. 55. 19.70. Brools, C. E. P. Climates of the British Empire suitable for the cultivation of cotton. p. 37-39. (April.) Moore, John W. The winter of 1919-20. A remarkable semn. p. 57-59. (May.) [A long, mild winter; below normal in Se - tember, October, and November, the following four montls above normal, and April below.] Bamford, A. J. Formation of mercury globules in barometers. p. 72. (May.) W., A. John George Bartholomew, LL. D.. F. R. S. E., F. R. C. 8. 23d March, ISGO-13th April, 1920. p. 74. (May.) [Obituary.] 7 1 0 . 14. 1920. hTashirille review. Nashville. JWM, 1930. Nunn, Roscoe. The Nashville climate. p. 40. Natrtre. London. v. 10.5. 1920. B., W. W. Periodicity in weather and crops. p. 370-371. (May nn ’. LU.) Bartnun, C. 0. A rainbow inaide out. p. 359-390. (May 27.) Cave, C. J. P. Weathy notes of Evelyn, Pepys, and Swift in relation to Britlsh climate. p. 393494. (May 37.) that 17th century winter8 were more severe than now.fswesk Poprtlnr niechanics inaqanriiic. Chicago. v. 38. April, 1920. Alter, J. Cecil. Obtaining the secreta of the unborn floods. p. 557658. Popular sriimee nionthly. Ncio IlbrE. v. 97. July. 19;70. McCrae, Lee. He makes the weather pay. The industrial mete- Royal astronomieul society. Monthly notiws. L o d o i ~ o. 80. Febru- C., A. L. Father Walter Sidgreaves, 5. J. p. 35,5458. [Obit- IT., H. F. Annibale Riccb. p. 365467. [Obituary.] Royal eoeiety of Edinbwqh. Proceeclinga. Edinbrtrgh. 21. 40. p t . 1 . Franklin, T. Bedford. The ronling of the soil at night, with epe- gin1 reference to late spring frosts. 11. p. 10-22. [Abstract in later REVIEW.] orologist advises farmers and aviators. p. 44. fly. 1.020. uary.] 1919-19 lo. Srientijc American monthly. Nrw York. v. 1 . Jrtne, 19ZO. Carpenter, Ford A. Photographing clouds from an airplane. pp. 4SI4SY. Sricnt[fic inonthly. Ntv I b r k . 1 1 . 10. JUW, 1920. Trrrestrinl t ~~p i t ~l i s t n . Bdtitnorr. v. 24. December, 1919. Palmer, Andrew H. Recent California earthquakes. p. 529-552. Dechevrens, Marc. 8iir les p i n t s du globe oil il se produit une nmri.e hlectrique, c1Criri.e de la niarhe ocbnique, observe-t-on une niarCe mngnGtique? p. 175-177. Dechevrens, Marc. Cnncerning the electric tide observed at Jer- sey. p. 178-179.