REGORY, Professor of Geology, Glasgow University. 38 maps
and figures. Describes the origin of the earth, the formation and
changes of its surface and structure, its geological history, the first
appearance of life, and its influence upon the globe.
56. Man: A History of the Human Body.
By A. KEITH, M.D., Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons.
Shows how the human body developed.
74. Nerves.
By DAVID FRASER HARRIS, M.D., Professor of Physiology, Dalhousie
University, Halifax. Explains in non-technical language the place and
powers of the nervous system.
21. An Introduction to Science.
By PROF. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, Science Editor Of the Home University
Library. For those unacquainted with the scientific volumes in the
series, this would prove an excellent introduction.
14. Evolution.
By PROF. J. ARTHUR THOMSON and PROF. PATRICK GEDDES. Explains to the
layman what the title means to the scientific world.
23. Astronomy.
By A.R. HINKS, Chief Assistant at the Cambridge Observatory.
"Decidedly original in substance, and the most readable and
informative little book on modern astronomy we have seen for a long
time."--_Nature_.
24. Psychical Research.
By PROF. W.F. BARRETT, formerly President of the Society for Psychical
Research. A strictly scientific examination.
9. The Evolution of Plants.
By DR. D.H. SCOTT, President of the Linnean Society of London. The
story of the development of flowering plants, from the earliest
zoological times, unlocked from technical language.
43. Matter and Energy.
By F. SODDY, Lecturer in Physical Chemistry and Radioactivity,
University of Glasgow. "Brilliant. Can hardly be surpassed. Sure to
attract attention."--_New York Sun_.
41. Psychology, The Study of Behaviour.
By WILLIAM MCDOUGALL, of Oxford. A well digested summary of the
essentials of the science put in excellent literary form by a leading
authority.
42. The Principles of Physiology.
By PROF. J.G. MCKENDRICK. A compact statement by the Emeritus Professor
at Glasgow, for uninstructed readers.
37. Anthropology.
By R.R. MARETT, Reader in Social Anthropology, Oxford. Seeks to plot
out and sum up the general series of changes, bodily and mental,
undergone by man in the course of history. "Excellent. So enthusiastic,
so clear and witty, and so well adapted to the general
reader."--_American Library Association Booklist_.
17. Crime and Insanity.
By DR. C.A. MERCIER, author of _Text-Book of Insanity_, etc
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