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39-  ARCHITECTURE
By  Prof.  W.  R.  Lethaby.  (Over  forty  Illustrations.)  “  Popular  guide-books
to  architecture  are,  as  a  rule,  not  worth  much.  This  volume  is  a  welcome  exception.”—Building ­
  News.  “  Delightfully  bright  reading.  ”—Christian  World.
43-  ENGLISH  LITERATURE:  MEDIÆVAL
By  Prof.  W.  P.  Ker,  M.A.  ‘‘Prof.  Ker  has  long  proved  his  worth  as  one  of
the  soundest  scholars  in  English  we  have,  and  he  is  the  very  man  to  put  an
outline  of  English  Mediaeval  Literature  before  the  uninstructed  public.  His
knowledge  and  taste  are  unimpeachable,  and  his  style  is  effective,  simple,  yet
never  dry.”—The  Athenäum.
45-  THE  ENGLISH  LANGUAGE
By  L.  Pearsall  Smith,  M.A.  “A  wholly  fascinating  study  of  the  different
streams  that  went  to  the  making  of  the  great  river  of  the  English  speech.”—
Daily  News.
52.  GREAT  WRITERS  OF  AMERICA
By  Prof.  J.  Erskine  and  Prof.  W.  P.  Trent.  A  popular  sketch  by  two
foremost  authorities.
In  Preparation
ANCIENT  ART  AND  RITUAL.  By  Miss  Jane  Harrison,  LL.D.,
D.Litt.
GREEK  LITERA  TURE.  By  Prof.  Gilbert  Murray,  D.Litt.
LA  TIN  LITERA  TURE.  By  Prof.  J.  S.  Phillimore.
CHA  UCF.R  A  ND  HIS  TIME.  By  Miss  G.  E.  Hadow.
THE  RENAISSANCE.  By  Mrs  R.  A.  Taylor.
ITALIAN  ART  OF  THE  RENAISSANCE.  By  Roger  E.  Fry,  M.A.
THE  ART  OF  PAINTING.  By  Sir  Frederick  Wedmore.
DR  JOHNSON  AND  HIS  CIRCLE.  By  John  Bailey,  M.A.
THE  VICTORIAN  AGE.  By  G.  K.  Chesterton.
ENGLISH  COMPOSITION.  By  Prof.  Wm.  T.  Brewster.
GREA  T  WRITERS  OF  RUSSIA.  By  C.  T.  Hagberg  Wright,  LL.D.
THE  LITERATURE  OF  GERMANY.  By  Prof.  J.  G.  Robertson.
M.A.,  Ph.D.
SCANDINAVIAN  HISTORY  AND  LITERATURE.  By  T.  C.
Snow,  M.A.

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,  taking  stock  of
geography  as  a  fairy-book  of  science.”—Daily  Telegraph.
9 .  THE  EVOLUTION  OF  PLANTS
By  Dr  I).  H.  Scott,  M.A.,  F.  R.S.,  late  Hon.  Keeper  of  the  Jodrell  Laboratory,
Kew.  (Fully  illustrated.)  “The  information  which  the  book  provides  is  as
trustworthy  as  first-hand  knowledge  can  make  it.  .  .  .  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.
“  The  science  of  public  health  administration  has  had  no  abler  or  more  attractive
exponent  than  Dr  Mackenzie.  He  adds  to  a  thorough  grasp  of  the  problems
an  illuminating  style,  and  an  arresting  manner  of  treating  a  subject  often
dull  and  sometimes  unsavoury.”—Economist.