The Little Review, December 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 9)Various
General
The Little Review, December 1915 (Vol. 2, No. 9)
Various
Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals
MODERN PAINTING: ITS TENDENCY AND MEANING. By Willard Huntington
Wright, author of “What Nietzsche Taught,” etc. Four color plates
and 24 illustrations. “Modern Painting” gives—for the first time
in any language—a clear, compact review of all the important
activities of modern art which began with Delacroix and ended
only with the war. Send $2.75.
THE ROMANCE OF LEONARDO DA VINCI. By A. J. Anderson. Photogravure
frontispiece and 16 illustrations in half-tone. Sets forth the
great artist as a man so profoundly interested in and closely
allied with every movement of his age that he might be called an
incarnation of the Renaissance. $3.95, postpaid.
THE COLOUR OF PARIS. By Lucien Descaves. Large 8vo. New edition,
with 60 illustrations printed in four colors from paintings by
the Japanese artist, Yoshio Markino. By the members of the
Academy Goncourt under the general editorship of M. Lucien
Descaves. Send $3.30.
SCIENCE AND SOCIOLOGY
CAUSES AND CURES OF CRIME. A popular study of criminology from
the bio-social viewpoint. By Thomas Speed Mosby, former Pardon
Attorney, State of Missouri, member American Institute of
Criminal Law and Criminology, etc. 356 pages, with 100 original
illustrations. Price, $2.15, postpaid.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELAXATION. By G. T. W. Patrick. A notable and
unusually interesting volume explaining the importance of sports,
laughter, profanity, the use of alcohol and even war as
furnishing needed relaxation to the higher nerve centres. Send
88c.
PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNCONSCIOUS. By Dr. C. G. Jung, of the
University of Zurich. Translated by Beatrice M. Hinkle, M.D., of
the Neurological Department of Cornell University and the New
York Post-Graduate Medical School. This remarkable work does for
psychology what the theory of evolution did for biology; and
promises an equally profound change in the thought of mankind. A
very important book. Large 8vo. Send $4.40.
SOCIALIZED GERMANY. By Frederic C. Howe, author of “The Modern
City and Its Problems,” etc., etc.; Commissioner of Immigration
at the Port of New York. “The real peril to the other powers of
western civilization lies in the fact that Germany is more
intelligently organized than the rest of the world.” This book is
a frank attempt to explain this efficiency. $1.00, postpaid.
SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS OF TODAY. Illustrated. By T. W. Corbin. The
modern uses of explosives, electricity, and the most interesting
kinds of chemicals are revealed to young and old. Send $1.60.
THE HUNTING WASPS. By J. Henri Fabre. 12mo. Bound in uniform
style with the other books by the same author. In the same
exquisite vein as “The Life of the Spider,” “The Life of the
Fly,” etc. Send $1.60.
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