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V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. By J. B. Sutton, F.R.GS.
With 135 Illustrations. "The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations of disease for medical reference." - -Journal of Mental Science.
VI. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY. By G. L. Gomme.
Illustrated. "His book will probably remain for some time the best work of reference for facts bearing on those traces of the village community which have not been effaced by conquest, encroachment, and the heavy hand of Roman law." - Scottish Leader.
VII. THE CRIMINAL. By Havelock Ellis. Illustrated
Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. "The sociologist, the philosopher, the philanthropist, the novelist-all, indeed, for whom the study of human nature has any attraction - will find Mr. Ellis full of interest and suggestiveness." - Academy.
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THE CRIMINAL. By Havelock Ellis. Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged. THE JEWS: A Study of Race and Environment. By Dr. Maurice Fishberg.
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VIII. SANITY AND INSANITY. By Dr. Charles Mercier.
Illustrated. "Taken as a whole, it is the brightest book on the physical side of mental science published in our time." - Pall Mall Gazette.
IX. HYPNOTISM. By Dr. Albert Moll. New and Enlarged
Edition.
"Marks a step of some importance in the study of some difficult physiological and psychological problems which have not yet received much attention in the scientific world of England." - Nature.
X. MANUAL TRAINING. By Dr. C. M. Woodward, Director of the Manual Training School, St Louis. Illustrated.
" There is no greater authority on the subject than Professor Woodward." - Manchester Guardian.
XL THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES. By E. Sidney Hartland.
"Mr. Hartland's book will win the sympathy of all earnest students, both by the knowledge it displays, and by a thorough love and appreciation of his subject, which is evident throughout." - Spectator.
XII. PRIMITIVE FOLK. By Elie Reclus.
"An attractive and useful introduction to the study of some aspects of ethnography." - Nature.
XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. By Professor Letourneau.
"Among the distinguished French students of sociology, Professor Letourneau has long stood in the first rank. He approaches the great study of man free from bias and shy of generalisations. To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business. In the volume before us he shows these qualities in an admirable degree." - Science.
XIV. BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS. By Dr. G. Sims Woodhead. Illustrated. Second Edition,
"An excellent summary of the present state of knowledge of the subject." - Lancet.
XV. EDUCATION AND HEREDITY. By J. M. Guyau.
"It is at once a treatise on sociology, ethics, and pedagogics. It is doubtful whether, among all the ardent evolutionists who have had their say on the moral and the educational question, any one has carried forward the new doctrine so boldly to its extreme logical consequence." - Professor Sully m Mind.
XVI. THE MAN OF GENIUS. By Prof. Lombroso. Illustrated.
"By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts and generalisations concerning genius which has yet been brought together." - Journal of Mental Science.
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HYPNOTISM. By Dr. Albert Moll. New and Enlarged Edition. MODERN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By C. A. Keane, D.Sc, Ph.D., F.I.C.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
XVII. THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN FAUNA. By R. F. Scharff, B.Sc, Ph.D., F.Z.S. Illustrated.
XVIII. PROPERTY: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. By Ch. Letourneau, General Secretary to the Anthropological Society, Paris, and Professor in the School of Anthropology, Paris.
"M. Letourneau has read a great deal, and he seems to us to have selected and interpreted his facts with considerable judgment and learning." - Westminster Review,
XIX. VOLCANOES, PAST AND PRESENT. By Prof. Edward Hull, LL.D., F.R.S.
"A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes. " - Nature,
XX. PUBLIC HEALTH. By Dr. J. F. J. Sykes. With numerous Illustrations.
"Not by any means a mere compilation or a dry record of details and statistics, but it takes up essential points in evolution, environment, prophylaxis, and sanitation bearing upon the preservation of public health." - Lancet,
XXI. MODERN METEOROLOGY. An Account of the Growth and Present Condition of some Branches of Meteorological Science. By Frank Waldo, Ph.D., Member of the German and Austrian Meteorological Societies, etc: late Junior Professor, Signal Service, U.S. A. With 112 Illustrations.
"The present volume is the best on the subject for general use that we have seen. - Daily Telegraph (London).
XXII. THE GERM-PLASM: A THEORY OF HEREDITY. By August Weismann, Professor in the University of Freiburg-in-Breisgau. With 24 Illustrations. $2.50.
"There has been no work published since Darwin's own books which has so thoroughly handled the matter treated by him, or has done so much to place in order and clearness the immense complexity of the factors of heredity, or, lastly, has brought to light so many new facts and considerations bearing on the subject." - British Medical Journal,
XXIII. INDUSTRIES OF ANIMALS. By E. F. Houssay.
With numerous Illustrations. "His accuracy is undoubted, yet his facts out-marvel all romance. These facts are here made use of as materials wherewith to form the mighty fabric of evolution." - Manchester Guardian,
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
XXIV. MAN AND WOMAN. By Havelock Ellis. Illustrated. Fourth and Revised Edition.
"Mr. Havelock Ellis belongs, in some measure, to the continental school of anthropologists; but while equally methodical in the collection of facts, he is far more cautious in the invention of theories, and he has the further distinction of being not only able to think, but able to write. His book is a sane and impartial consideration, from a psychological and anthropological point of view, of a subject which is certainly of primary interest." - Athenaum.
 
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