Cassell's history of England.

v. 1. From the Roman invasion to the Wars of Roses -- v. 2. From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion -- v. 3. From the Great Rebellion to the fall of Marlborough -- v. 4. From the fall of Marlborough to the Peninsular War -- v. 5. From the Peninsular War to the death of Sir Robert Peel -- v. 6. From the death of Sir Robert Peel to the illness of the Prince of Wales -- v. 7. From the illness of the Prince of Wales to the British occupation of Egypt -- v. 8. From the British occupation of Egypt to the opening of Parliament, 1895 -- v. 9. From the opening of Parliament, 1895, to the death of Queen Victoria and accession of Edward VII.

An inaugural address,

Mode of access: Internet.

Companion to the most celebrated private galleries of art in London : containing accurate catalogues, arranged alphabetically ... with a prefatory essay on art, artists, collectors, & connoisseurs /

Includes bibliographical references.

Speech in the House of commons,July 21, 1835, in support of his amendment on the Irish church bill.

Mode of access: Internet.

Imaginary conversations of literary men and statesmen /

Cf. Wise, T.J. A Landor Library ... London, 1928, p. 31-32.

The English constitution, and other political essays,

[The English constitution]--Political essays: The character of Lord Brougham; The character of Sir Robert Peel.

The future of England,

"First edition December 1911, reprinted January 1912."

The Seconde parte of a register; being a calendar of manuscripts under that title intended for publication by the Puritans about 1593, and now in Dr William's library, London;

"Index of authors and printed books": v. 2, p. [265]-268.

The works of Walter Bagehot ...

Same as the Hartford edition of 1889, except that the General index in last volume has been made more complete and the second memoir by Hutton replaced by memoir by R. Giffen.

Extraordinary men : their boyhood and early life /

Publisher's advertisements follow text.

Entrees made easy,

Mode of access: Internet.

William Ewart Gladstone. A biographical study.

The plates and portraits are printed on both sides.

Advances in understanding of enzymatic browning in harvested litchi fruit

Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is a subtropical to tropical fruit of high commercial value in international trade. However, harvested litchi fruit rapidly lose their bright red skin colour. Peel browning of harvested litchi fruit has largely been attributed to rapid degradation of red anthocyanin pigments. This process is associated with enzymatic oxidation of phenolics by polyphenol oxidase (PPO) and/or peroxidase (POD). PRO and POD from litchi pericarp cannot directly oxidize anthocyanins. Moreover, PPO substrates in the pericarp are not well characterised. Consequently, the roles of PPO and POD in litchi browning require further investigation. Recently, an anthocyanase catalysing the hydrolysis of sugar moieties from anthocyanin to anthocyanidin has been identified in litchi peel for the first time. Thus, litchi enzymatic browning may involve an anthocyanase-anthocyanin-phenolic-PPO reaction. Current research focus is on characterising the properties of the anthocyanase involved in anthocyanin degradation. Associated emphasis is on maintenance of membrane functions in relation to loss of compartmentation between litchi peel oxidase enzymes and their substrates. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Visual-auditory integration during speech imitation in autism

Children with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) may have poor audio-visual integration, possibly reflecting dysfunctional 'mirror neuron' systems which have been hypothesised to be at the core of the condition. In the present study, a computer program, utilizing speech synthesizer software and a 'virtual' head (Baldi), delivered speech stimuli for identification in auditory, visual or bimodal conditions. Children with ASD were poorer than controls at recognizing stimuli in the unimodal conditions, but once performance on this measure was controlled for, no group difference was found in the bimodal condition. A group of participants with ASD were also trained to develop their speech-reading ability. Training improved visual accuracy and this also improved the children's ability to utilize visual information in their processing of speech. Overall results were compared to predictions from mathematical models based on integration and non-integration, and were most consistent with the integration model. We conclude that, whilst they are less accurate in recognizing stimuli in the unimodal condition, children with ASD show normal integration of visual and auditory speech stimuli. Given that training in recognition of visual speech was effective, children with ASD may benefit from multi-modal approaches in imitative therapy and language training. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.