Religion and science; Religion and science -- History; Science -- History
"An attempt made, with much ability and no small measure of success, to
trace the origin and development of the myth. The author has pursued
his inquiry with much patience and ingenuity, and has produced a very
readable and luminous treatise."--_Philadelphia North American._
_Man before Metals._
By N. JOLY, Professor at the Science Faculty of Toulouse;
Correspondent of the Institute. With 148 Illustrations. 12mo,
cloth, $1.75.
"The discussion of man's origin and early history, by Professor
De Quatrefages, formed one of the most useful volumes in the
'International Scientific Series,' and the same collection is now
further enriched by a popular treatise on paleontology, by M. N. Joly,
Professor in the University of Toulouse. The title of the book, 'Man
before Metals,' indicates the limitations of the writer's theme. His
object is to bring together the numerous proofs, collected by modern
research, of the great age of the human race, and to show us what man
was, in respect of customs, industries, and moral or religious ideas,
before the use of metals was known to him."--_New York Sun._
"An interesting, not to say fascinating volume."--_New York Churchman._
_Animal Intelligence._
By GEORGE J. ROMANES, F. R. S., Zoölogical Secretary of the
Linnæan Society, etc. 12mo, cloth, $1.75.
"Unless we are greatly mistaken, Mr. Romanes's work will take its
place as one of the most attractive volumes of the 'International
Scientific Series.' Some persons may, indeed, be disposed to say
that it is too attractive, that it feeds the popular taste for the
curious and marvelous without supplying any commensurate discipline
in exact scientific reflection; but the author has, we think, fully
justified himself in his modest preface. The result is the appearance
of a collection of facts which will be a real boon to the student
of Comparative Psychology, for this is the first attempt to present
systematically well-assured observations on the mental life of
animals."--_Saturday Review._
_The Science of Politics._
By SHELDON AMOS, M. A., author of "The Science of Law," etc. 12mo,
cloth, $1.75.
"The author traces the subject from Plato and Aristotle in Greece,
and Cicero in Rome, to the modern schools in the English field, not
slighting the teachings of the American Revolution or the lessons
of the French Revolution of 1793. Forms of government, political
terms, the relation of law, written and unwritten, to the subject, a
codification from Justinian to Napoleon in France and Field in America,
are treated as parts of the subject in hand. Necessarily the subjects
of executive and legislative authority, police, liquor, and land laws
are considered, and the question ever growing in importance in all
countries, the relations of corporations to the state."--_New York
Observer._
New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 1, 3, & 5 Bond Street.
_D. APPLETON & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS._
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