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 WILLIAM MCDOUGALL, 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,
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By DR. C.A. MERCIER, author of _Text-Book of Insanity_, etc.
12. The Animal World.
By PROF. F.W. GAMBLE.
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By A.N. WHITEHEAD, author of _Universal Algebra_.
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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.
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seeks to prove that missions have done more to civilize the world than
any other human agency.
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is right and what is wrong, and the whys and wherefores.
65. The Literature of the Old Testament.
By GEORGE F. 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 CLEMENT C.J. WEBB, Oxford.
35. The Problems of Philosophy.
By BERTRAND RUSSELL, Lecturer and Late Fellow, Trinity College,
Cambridge.
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