68. Disease and Its Causes.By W.T. COUNCILMAN, M.D., LL.D., Professor of Pathology, Harvard University.
85. Sex.By J. ARTHURTHOMPSONand PATRICKGEDDES, joint authors ofThe Evolution of Sex.
71. Plant Life.By J.B. FARMER, D.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Botany in the Imperial College of Science. This very fully illustrated volume contains an account of the salient features of plant form and function.
63. The Origin and Nature of Life.By BENJAMINM. MOORE, Professor of Bio-Chemistry, Liverpool.
90. Chemistry.By RAPHAELMELDOLA, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry, Finsbury Technical College. Presents the way in which the science has developed and the stage it has reached.
53. Electricity.By GISBERTKAPP, Professor Of Electrical Engineering, University of Birmingham.
54. The Making of the Earth.By. J.W. GREGORY, Professor of Geology, Glasgow University. 38 maps and figures. Describes the origin of the earth, the formation and changes of its surface and structure, its geological history, the first appearance of life, and its influence upon the globe.
56. Man: A History of the Human Body.By A. KEITH, M.D., Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons. Shows how the human body developed.
74. Nerves.By DAVIDFRASERHARRIS, M.D., Professor of Physiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Explains in non-technical language the place and powers of the nervous system.
21. An Introduction to Science.By PROF. J. ARTHURTHOMSON, Science Editor Of the Home University Library. For those unacquainted with the scientific volumes in the series, this would prove an excellent introduction.
14. Evolution.By PROF. J. ARTHURTHOMSONand PROF. PATRICKGEDDES. Explains to the layman what the title means to the scientific world.
23. Astronomy.By A.R. HINKS, Chief Assistant at the Cambridge Observatory. "Decidedly original in substance, and the most readable and informative little book on modern astronomy we have seen for a long time."—Nature.
24. Psychical Research.By PROF. W.F. BARRETT, formerly President of the Society for Psychical Research. A strictly scientific examination.
9. The Evolution of Plants.By DR. D.H. SCOTT, President of the Linnean Society of London. The story of the development of flowering plants, from the earliest zoological times, unlocked from technical language.
43. Matter and Energy.By F. SODDY, Lecturer in Physical Chemistry and Radioactivity, University of Glasgow. "Brilliant. Can hardly be surpassed. Sure to attract attention."—New York Sun.
41. Psychology, The Study of Behaviour.By WILLIAMMCDOUGALL, of Oxford. A well digested summary of the essentials of the science put in excellent literary form by a leading authority.
42. The Principles of Physiology.By PROF. J.G. MCKENDRICK. A compact statement by the Emeritus Professor at Glasgow, for uninstructed readers.
37. Anthropology.By R.R. MARETT, Reader in Social Anthropology, Oxford. Seeks to plot out and sum up the general series of changes, bodily and mental, undergone by man in the course of history. "Excellent. So enthusiastic, so clear and witty, and so well adapted to the general reader."—American Library Association Booklist.
17. Crime and Insanity.By DR. C.A. MERCIER, author ofText-Book of Insanity, etc.
12. The Animal World.By PROF. F.W. GAMBLE.
15. Introduction to Mathematics.By A.N. WHITEHEAD, author ofUniversal Algebra.
69. A History of Freedom of Thought.By JOHNB. BURY, M.A., LL.D., Regius Professor of Modern History in Cambridge University. Summarizes the history of the long struggle between authority and reason and of the emergence of the principle that coercion of opinion is a mistake.
55. Missions: Their Rise and Development.By MRS. MANDELLCREIGHTON, author ofHistory of England. The author seeks to prove that missions have done more to civilize the world than any other human agency.
52. Ethics.By G.E. MOORE, Lecturer in Moral Science, Cambridge. Discusses what is right and what is wrong, and the whys and wherefores.
65. The Literature of the Old Testament.By GEORGEF. MOORE, Professor of the History of Religion, Harvard University. "A popular work of the highest order. Will be profitable to anybody who cares enough about Bible study to read a serious book on the subject."—American Journal of Theology
50. The Making of the New Testament.By B.W. BACON, Professor of New Testament Criticism, Yale. An authoritative summary of the results of modern critical research with regard to the origins of the New Testament.
96. A History of Philosophy.By CLEMENTC.J. WEBB, Oxford.
35. The Problems of Philosophy.By BERTRANDRUSSELL, Lecturer and Late Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge.
44. Buddhism.By MRS. RHYSDAVIDS, Lecturer on Indian Philosophy, Manchester.
46. English Sects: A History of Nonconformity.By W.B. SELBIE, Principal of Manchester College, Oxford.
60. Comparative Religion.By PROF. J. ESTLINCARPENTER.
88. Religious Development Between Old and New Testaments.By R.H. CHARLES, Canon of Westminster. Shows how religious and ethical thought grew between 180 B.C. and 100 A.D.
73. Euripides and His Age.By GILBERTMURRAY, Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford.
81. Chaucer and His Times.By GRACEE. HADOW, Lecturer Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; Late Reader, Bryn Mawr.
70. Ancient Art and Ritual.By JANEE. HARRISON, LL.D., D.Litt. "One of the 100 most important books of 1913."—New York Times Review.
61. The Victorian Age in Literature.By G.K. CHESTERTON.
97. Milton.By JOHNBAILEY.
59. Dr. Johnson and His Circle.By JOHNBAILEY. Johnson's life, character, works, and friendships are surveyed; and there is a notable vindication of the "Genius of Boswell."
58. The Newspaper.By G. BINNEYDIBBLE. The first full account, from the inside, of newspaper organization as it exists to-day.
62. Painters and Painting.By SIRFREDERICWEDMORE. With 16 half-tone illustration.
64. The Literature of Germany.By J.G. ROBERTSON.
48. Great Writers of America.By W.P. TRENTand JOHNERSKINE, of Columbia University.
87. The Renaissance.By EDITHSICHEL, author ofCatherine de Medici, Men and Women of the French Renaissance.
101. Dante.By JEFFERSONB. FLETCHER, Columbia University, An interpretation of Dante and his teachings from his writings.
93. An Outline of Russian Literature.By MAURICEBARING, author ofThe Russian People, etc. Tolstoi, Tourgenieff, Dostoieffsky, Pushkin (the father of Russian Literature), Saltykov (the satirist), Leskov, and many other authors.
40. The English Language.By L.P. SMITH. A concise history of its origin and development.
45. Medieval English Literature.By W.P. KER, Professor of English Literature, University College, London. "One of the soundest scholars. His style is effective, simple, yet never dry."—The Athenaeum.
89. Elizabethan Literature.By J.M. ROBERTSON, M.P., author ofMontaigne and Shakespeare, Modern Humanists.
27. Modern English Literature.By G.H. MAIR. From Wyatt and Surrey to Synge and Yeats. "One of the best of this great series."—Chicago Evening Post.
2. Shakespeare.By JOHNMASEFIELD. "One of the very few indispensable adjuncts to a Shakespearean Library."—Boston Transcript.
31. Landmarks in French Literature.By G.L. STRACHEY, Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge. "It is difficult to imagine how a better account of French Literature could be given in 250 pages."—London Times.
38. Architecture.By PROF. W.R. LETHABY. An introduction to the history and theory of the art of building.
66. Writing English Prose.By WILLIAMT. BREWSTER, Professor of English, Columbia University. "Should be put into the hands of every man who is beginning to write and of every teacher of English that has brains enough to understand sense."—New York Sun.
83. William Morris: His Work and Influence.By A. CLUTTONBROCK, author ofShelley: The Man and the Poet. William Morris believed that the artist should toil for love of his work rather than the gain of his employer, and so he turned from making works of art to remaking society.
75. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle.By H.N. BRAILSFORD. The influence of the French Revolution on England.
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