AN IMPORTANT NEW WORK ON HEREDITY
THE PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY.ByG. Archdall Reid, Author of 'The Present Evolution of Man,' 'Alcoholism: its Cause and Cure,' etc. Demy 8vo, 12s.6d.net.
THE PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY.ByG. Archdall Reid, Author of 'The Present Evolution of Man,' 'Alcoholism: its Cause and Cure,' etc. Demy 8vo, 12s.6d.net.
"A work distinguished alike for incisiveness of diction, originality of thought, and cogency of argument. It is difficult to controvert any of the main conclusions, and every medical man should study it carefully."—The Lancet."This is a book which no intelligent student of human affairs, whether he be a biologist or no, can possibly afford to ignore. In knowledge, in style, in method, in purpose, in logical power, in every necessary or desirable character, it is a model of what such a treatise should be."—The Outlook.
"A work distinguished alike for incisiveness of diction, originality of thought, and cogency of argument. It is difficult to controvert any of the main conclusions, and every medical man should study it carefully."—The Lancet.
"This is a book which no intelligent student of human affairs, whether he be a biologist or no, can possibly afford to ignore. In knowledge, in style, in method, in purpose, in logical power, in every necessary or desirable character, it is a model of what such a treatise should be."—The Outlook.
A NEW BOOK BY THE AUTHOR OF 'HONORIA'S PATCHWORK'
A COAT OF MANY COLOURS.Woven from Honoria's Letters to the Best Friend, and Patched with Pieces from a Certain Note-Book. By the Author of 'Honoria's Patchwork.' With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s.
A COAT OF MANY COLOURS.Woven from Honoria's Letters to the Best Friend, and Patched with Pieces from a Certain Note-Book. By the Author of 'Honoria's Patchwork.' With numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 6s.
Those who admiredHonoria's Patchwork, published last year, will be glad to be again in her delightful company, surrounded by her friends, to be interested again in her household duties, her cultured conversation and views on books, pictures, and kindred subjects, and to once more sojourn for a time in her charming Homemead.A Coat of Many Colourswill be found to be as fresh, as sincere, and as intimately personal as thePatchwork, and will be fully illustrated by reproductions from charming photographs.
Those who admiredHonoria's Patchwork, published last year, will be glad to be again in her delightful company, surrounded by her friends, to be interested again in her household duties, her cultured conversation and views on books, pictures, and kindred subjects, and to once more sojourn for a time in her charming Homemead.A Coat of Many Colourswill be found to be as fresh, as sincere, and as intimately personal as thePatchwork, and will be fully illustrated by reproductions from charming photographs.
AN EDITION DE LUXE, WITH COLOURED PLATES, OF
THE FIELDS OF FRANCE.ByMadame Mary Duclaux(A. Mary F. Robinson). With Twenty Illustrations in Colour byW. B. MacDougall. Crown 4to, 21s.net.
THE FIELDS OF FRANCE.ByMadame Mary Duclaux(A. Mary F. Robinson). With Twenty Illustrations in Colour byW. B. MacDougall. Crown 4to, 21s.net.
It may be justly said that Madame Duclaux's book on rural France has become a classic. Its interest and value was in no way ephemeral, for in it Madame Duclaux gives the sense of that wonderful world of out-of-doors which seems fading from the horizon of the modern town-dweller. "The little book," said theDaily Telegraph, "presents a perfect gallery of pictures, a sort of literary complement to Corot and Millet."It is a book eminently suited for illustration, and Mr. MacDougall spent a long period in the districts dealt with in the volume in making a series of artistic paintings which are reproduced by the best colour process. Unlike many such books, the paintings were done to illustrate the text and not the text written to the pictures.
It may be justly said that Madame Duclaux's book on rural France has become a classic. Its interest and value was in no way ephemeral, for in it Madame Duclaux gives the sense of that wonderful world of out-of-doors which seems fading from the horizon of the modern town-dweller. "The little book," said theDaily Telegraph, "presents a perfect gallery of pictures, a sort of literary complement to Corot and Millet."
It is a book eminently suited for illustration, and Mr. MacDougall spent a long period in the districts dealt with in the volume in making a series of artistic paintings which are reproduced by the best colour process. Unlike many such books, the paintings were done to illustrate the text and not the text written to the pictures.
THE WIT AND WISDOM OF DICKENS
THE BOZ BIRTHDAY BOOK.Compiled byJ. W. T. Ley, Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship. Containing an Index to Subjects and a Portrait of Dickens. Crown 8vo, 3s.6d.net, cloth; in leather, 5s.net.
THE BOZ BIRTHDAY BOOK.Compiled byJ. W. T. Ley, Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship. Containing an Index to Subjects and a Portrait of Dickens. Crown 8vo, 3s.6d.net, cloth; in leather, 5s.net.
In compiling this Dickens Birthday Book, Mr. Ley's aim has been to combine usefulness with ornament. That is to say, every quotation expresses some sentiment on some phase of life, on men or things, and with the aid of the Subject Index appended, the volume forms a useful reference book of Dickens quotations. The source is invariably given, and when the sentiment is given expression to by a character, the name of that character is added. Two quotations are given for every day in the year, and the book is a compendium of Dickens's wit, humour, and pathos.
In compiling this Dickens Birthday Book, Mr. Ley's aim has been to combine usefulness with ornament. That is to say, every quotation expresses some sentiment on some phase of life, on men or things, and with the aid of the Subject Index appended, the volume forms a useful reference book of Dickens quotations. The source is invariably given, and when the sentiment is given expression to by a character, the name of that character is added. Two quotations are given for every day in the year, and the book is a compendium of Dickens's wit, humour, and pathos.