By RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in
Finsbury Technical College, London. Presents clearly, without the
detail demanded by the expert, the way in which chemical science
has developed, and the stage it has reached.
72. _PLANT LIFE_
By Prof. J. B. FARMER, D.Sc., F.R.S. (Illustrated.)
“Professor Farmer has contrived to convey all the most vital facts
of plant physiology, and also to present a good many of the chief
problems which confront investigators to-day in the realms of
morphology and of heredity.”--_Morning Post._
78. _THE OCEAN_
A General Account of the Science of the Sea. By Sir JOHN
MURRAY, K.C.B., F.R.S. (Colour plates and other illustrations.)
79. _NERVES_
By Prof. D. FRASER HARRIS, M.D., D.Sc. (Illustrated.) A
description, in non-technical language, of the nervous system,
its intricate mechanism and the strange phenomena of energy and
fatigue, with some practical reflections.
86. _SEX_
By Prof. PATRICK GEDDES and Prof. J. ARTHUR
THOMSON, LL.D. (Illus.)
88. _THE GROWTH OF EUROPE_
By Prof. GRENVILLE COLE. (Illus.)
_Philosophy and Religion_
15. _MOHAMMEDANISM_
By Prof. D. S. MARGOLIOUTH, M.A., D.Litt. “This generous
shilling’s worth of wisdom.... A delicate, humorous, and most
responsible tractate by an illuminative professor.”--_Daily Mail._
40. _THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY_
By the Hon. BERTRAND RUSSELL, F.R.S. “A book that the ‘man
in the street’ will recognise at once to be a boon.... Consistently
lucid and non-technical throughout.”--_Christian World._
47. _BUDDHISM_
By Mrs RHYS DAVIDS, M.A. “The author presents very
attractively as well as very learnedly the philosophy of
Buddhism.”--_Daily News._
50. _NONCONFORMITY: Its ORIGIN and PROGRESS_
By Principal W. B. SELBIE, M.A. “The historical part is
brilliant in its insight, clarity, and proportion.”--_Christian
World._
54. _ETHICS_
By G. E. MOORE, M.A., Lecturer in Moral Science in
Cambridge University. “A very lucid though closely reasoned outline
of the logic Of good conduct.”--_Christian World._
56. _THE MAKING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT_
By Prof. B. W. BACON, LL.D., D.D. “Professor Bacon
has boldly, and wisely, taken his own line, and has produced,
as a result, an extraordinarily vivid, stimulating, and lucid
book.”--_Manchester Guardian._
60. _MISSIONS: THEIR RISE and DEVELOPMENT_
By Mrs CREIGHTON. “Very interestingly done.... Its style
is simple, direct, unhackneyed, and should find appreciation where
a more fervently pious style of writing repels.”--_Methodist
Recorder._
68. _COMPARATIVE RELIGION_
By Prof. J. ESTLIN CARPENTER, D. Litt., Principal of
Manchester College, Oxford. “Puts into the reader’s hand a wealth
of learning and independent thought.”--_Christian World._
74. _A HISTORY OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT_
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