By Prof. W. P. KER, M.A. "Prof. Ker's knowledge and taste are
unimpeachable, and his style is effective, simple, yet never
dry."--_The Athenæum._
45. _THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE_
By L. PEARSALL SMITH, M.A. "A wholly fascinating study of the
different streams that make the great river of the English
speech."--_Daily News._
52. _GREAT WRITERS OF AMERICA_
By Prof. J. ERSKINE and Prof. W. P. TRENT. "An admirable summary, from
Franklin to Mark Twain, enlivened by a dry humour."--_Athenæum._
63. _PAINTERS AND PAINTING_
By Sir FREDERICK WEDMORE. (With 16 half-tone illustrations.) From the
Primitives to the Impressionists.
64. _DR JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE_
By JOHN BAILEY, M.A. "A most delightful essay."--_Christian World._
65. _THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY_
By Professor J. G. ROBERTSON, M.A., Ph.D. "Under the author's skilful
treatment the subject shows life and continuity."--_Athenæum._
70. _THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE_
By G. K. CHESTERTON. "No one will put it down without a sense of
having taken a tonic or received a series of electric shocks."--_The
Times._
73. _THE WRITING OF ENGLISH_
By W. T. BREWSTER, A.M., Professor of English in Columbia University.
"Sensible, and not over-rigidly conventional."--_Manchester Guardian._
75. _ANCIENT ART AND RITUAL_
By JANE E. HARRISON, LL.D., D.Litt. "Charming in style and learned in
manner."--_Daily News._
76. _EURIPIDES AND HIS AGE_
By GILBERT MURRAY, D.Litt., LL.D., F.B.A., Regius Professor of Greek
at Oxford. "A beautiful piece of work.... Just in the fulness of time,
and exactly in the right place.... Euripides has come into his
own."--_The Nation._
87. _CHAUCER AND HIS TIMES_
By GRACE E. HADOW.
89. _WILLIAM MORRIS: HIS WORK AND INFLUENCE_
By A. CLUTTON BROCK.
93. _THE RENAISSANCE_
By EDITH SICHEL.
95. _ELIZABETHAN LITERATURE_
By J. M. ROBERTSON, M.P.
99. _AN OUTLINE OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE_
By Hon. MAURICE BARING.
_Science_
7. _MODERN GEOGRAPHY_
By Dr MARION NEWBIGIN. (Illustrated.) "Geography, again: what a dull,
tedious study that was wont to be!... But Miss Marion Newbigin invests
its dry bones with the flesh and blood of romantic interest."--_Daily
Telegraph._
9. _THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS_
By Dr D. H. SCOTT, M.A., F.R.S., late Hon. Keeper of the Jodrell
Laboratory, Kew. (Fully illustrated.) "Dr Scott's candid and
familiar style makes the difficult subject both fascinating and
easy."--_Gardeners' Chronicle._
17. _HEALTH AND DISEASE_
By W. LESLIE MACKENZIE, M.D., Local Government Board, Edinburgh.
18. _INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS_
By A. N. WHITEHEAD, Sc.D., F.R.S. (With Diagrams.) "Mr Whitehead has
discharged with conspicuous success the task he is so exceptionally
qualified to undertake. For he is one of our great authorities upon
the foundations of the science."--_Westminster Gazette._
19. _THE ANIMAL WORLD_
By Professor F. W. GAMBLE, F.R.S. With Introduction by Sir Oliver
Lodge. (Many Illustrations.) "A fascinating and suggestive
survey."--_Morning Post._
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