Occasional Papers and Notices of Books

Reviews and Notices of Books

Short Notices of Recent Books

In the absence of Professor Huxley's long promised manual of the elements of physiology, Mr. Angell's little volume may be read with advantage by those who desire to be made acquainted with the rudiments of the science of life. A great many works of a similar class have been published from time to time during the last three or four years, of which two, Dr. Lawson's popular manual and Mr. Shea's...

Short Notices of Recent Books

Wo have been so inundated of late with works on digestion and indigestion, that when we see a new treatise we are disposed to wonder whether it contains a particle of new matter. Dr. Wilson Fox's book purports to be a step in a somewhat novel direction, viz., an effort to link together the treatment and the pathology of stomach affections. The author is Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Univ...

Occasional Papers

Below are occasional papers on meteorological history. They include papers about the history of the Met Office, meteorological services leading to D-Day and many other topics. The image on the right shows a weather map from June 5 1944, the day before D-Day. No 14 The History of the first twenty-five years of radar meteorology in the United Kingdom by Richard Probert-Jones [14]

UNU/CRIS Occasional Papers

This paper examines the European Union’s (EU’s) economic relations with the Western Balkans (WB) in the light of the emerging debate on international public goods. The paper argues that the EU’s philanthropic approach to transition reforms in the WB is too discretionary to be efficient and/or equitable. We think that the concept of regional public goods (RPG) provides a good benchmark against w...