A Popular Treatise on the Winds. William Ferrel. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1890. 8vo, pp. 505. $3.40.
This can hardly be regarded as a popular treatise. It embodies, in condensed and chiefly non-mathematical form, the results of Ferrel’s researches during his long and profound study of the general circulation and phenomena of the atmosphere. Teachers who advance far into meteorology will find this book indispensable. It is not at all suited for general class-room use.
American Weather. A. W. Greely. New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1888. 8vo, pp. 286. Out of print, but secondhand copies are probably obtainable.
Deals, as the title implies, especially with the weather phenomena of the United States. Contains brief accounts of individual hot and cold waves, hurricanes, blizzards and tornadoes, and gives specific
data concerning maxima and minima of temperature, precipitation, etc., in the United States.
Meteorology: Practical and Applied. John William Moore. London, F. J. Rebman, 1894. 8vo, pp. 445. 8 shillings.
A readable book. Considerable space is given to instrumental meteorology. Contains chapters on the climate of the British Isles and on the relations of weather and disease in the British Isles. Especially adapted for the use of English readers.
Elementary Meteorology. Robert H. Scott. International Scientific Series. London, Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885; Boston, A. A. Waterman & Co., 1889. 8vo, pp. 410. 6 shillings.
The standard text-book in Great Britain. The author is secretary to the Meteorological Council of the Royal Society. Fairly complete, but now somewhat out of date in some portions. It is a useful book in a meteorological library, but does not treat the subject in a way very helpful to the teacher.
Meteorology. Thomas Russell. New York, The Macmillan Company, 1895. 8vo, pp. 277.