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18.  INTRODUCTION  TO  MATHEMATICS
By  A.  N.  Whitehead,  Sc.D.,  F.R.S.  (With  Diagrams.)  “Mr  Whitehead
has  discharged  with  conspicuous  success  the  task  he  is  so  exceptionally  qualified
to  undertake.  For  he  is  one  of  our  great  authorities  upon  the  foundations  of  the
science,  and  has  the  breadth  of  view  which  is  so  requisite  in  presenting  to  the
reader  its  aims.  His  exposition  is  clear  and  striking.  Westminster  Gazette.
19.  THE  ANIMAL  WORLD
By  Professor  F.  W.  Gamble,  D.Sc.,  F.R.S.  With  Introduction  by  Sir  Oliver
Lodge.  (Many  Illustrations.)  “  A  delightful  and  instructive  epitome  of  animal
(and  vegetable)  life.  .  .  .  A  most  fascinating  and  suggestive  survey.”—Morning
Post.
20.  EVOLUTION
By  Professor  J.  Arthur  Thomson  and  Professor  Patrick  Geddes.  “A
many-coloured  and  romantic  panorama,  opening  up,  like  no  other  book  we  know,
a  rational  vision  of  world-development."—Belfast  Neivs-Letter.
22.  CRIME  AND  INSANITY
By  Dr  C.  A.  Mercier,  F.R.C.P.,  F.R.C.S.,  Author  of  “Text-Book  of  Insanity,” ­
  etc.  “  Furnishes  much  valuable  information  from  one  occupying  the
highest  position  among  medico-legal  psychologists.”—Asylum  News.
28.  PSYCHICAL  RESEARCH
By  Sir  W.  F.Barrett,  F.R.S.,  Professor  of  Physics,  Royal  College  of  Science,
Dublin,  1873-1910.  “  As  a  former  President  of  the  Psychical  Research  Society,
he  is  familiar  with  all  the  developments  of  this  most  fascinating  branch  of  science,
and  thus  what  he  has  to  say  on  thought-reading,  hypnotism,  telepathy,  crystalvision,
  spiritualism,  divinings,  and  so  on,  will  be  read  with  avidity.”—Dundee
Courier.
31.  ASTRONOMY
By  A.  R.  Hinks,  M.A.,  Chief  Assistant,  Cambridge  Observatory,
in  thought,  eclectic  in  substance,  and  critical  in  treatment.  .  .  ,
little  book  is  available.”—School  World.

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with  philosophy,  art,  religion,  and  practical  life.”—Aberdeen  Journal.
36.  CLIMATE  AND  WEATHER
By  H.  N.  Dickson,  D.Sc.  Oxon.,  M.A.,  F.R.S.E.,  President  of  the  Royal
Meteorological  Society  ;  Professor  of  Geography  in  University  College,  Reading.
(With  Diagrams.)  “  The  author  has  succeeded  in  presenting  in  a  very  lucid
and  agreeable  manner  the  causes  of  the  movement  of  the  atmosphere  and  of
the  more  stable  winds.”—Manchester  Guardian.
4i.  ANTHROPOLOGY
By  R.  R.  Marett,  M.A.,  Reader  in  Social  Anthropology  in  Oxford  University.
“An  absolutely  perfect  handbook,  so  clear  that  a  child  could  understand  it,  so
fascinating  and  human  that  it  beats  fiction  ‘  to  a  frazzle.’  ”—Morning  Leader.
44.  THE  PRINCIPLES  OF  PHYSIOLOGY
By  Prof.  J.  G.  McKendrick,  M.D.  “  It  is  a  delightful  and  wonderfully  comprehensive ­
  handling  of  a  subject  which,  while  of  importance  to  all,  does  not
readily  lend  itself  to  untechnical  explanation.  .  .  .  The  little  book  is  more  than
a  mere  repository  of  knowledge  ;  upon  every  page  of  it  is  stamped  the  impress
of  a  creative  imagination.”—Glasgow  Herald.

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