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46. MATTER AND ENERGY 
By F. Soddy, M.A., F.R.S. “A most fascinating and instructive account of 
the great facts of physical science, concerning which our knowledge, of later 
years, has made such wonderful progress.”—The Bookseller. 
49- PSYCHOLOGY, THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOUR 
By Prof. W. McDougall, F.R.S., M.B. “A happy example of the non 
technical handling of an unwieldy science, suggesting rather than dogmatising. 
It should whet appetites for deeper study.”—Christian World. 
53. THE MAKING OF THE EARTH 
By Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S. (With 38 Maps and Figures.) The Professor 
of Geology at Glasgow describes the origin of the earth, the formation and 
changes of i ts surface and structure, its geological history, the first appearance 
of life, and its influence upon the globe. 
57- THE HUMAN BODY 
By A. Keith, M.D., LL.D., Conservator of Museum and Hunterian Pro 
fessor, Royal College of Surgeons. (Illustrated.) The work of the dissecting- 
room is described, and among other subjects dealt with are : the development 
of the body ; malformations and monstrosities ; changes of youth and age ; sex 
differences, are they increasing or decreasing ? race characters ; bodily features 
as indexes of mental character ; degeneration and regeneration ; and the 
genealogy and antiquity of man. 
58. ELECTRICITY 
By Gisbert Kapp, D.Eng., M.I.E.E., M.I.C.E., Professor of Electrical 
Engineering in the University of Birmingham. (Illustrated.) Deals with 
frictional and contact electricity ; potential ; electrification by mechanical 
means ; the electric current ; the dynamics of electric currents ; alternating 
currents ; the distribution of electricity, etc. 
In Preparation 
CHEMISTRY. Py Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S. 
THE MINERAL WORLD. By Sir T. H. Holland, K.C.I.E., D.Sc. 
PLANT LIFE. By Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S. 
NERVES. By Prof. D. Fraser Harris, M.D., D.Sc. 
A STUDY OF SEX. By Prof. J. A. Thomson and Prof. Patrick Geddes. 
THE GROWTH OF EUROPE. By Prof. Grenville Cole. 
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 1 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. “A very able and concise ‘study of the Buddhist 
norm.’ . . . The author presents very attractively as well as very learnedly 
the philosophy of Buddhism as the greatest scholars of the day interpret it.”— 
Daily News.
	        
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