“By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts
and generalizations concerning genius which has yet been brought
together.”--_Journal of Mental Science._
XVII. THE GRAMMAR OF SCIENCE. By Prof. KARL PEARSON.
Illustrated.
“The problems discussed with great ability and lucidity, and often in a
most suggestive manner, by Prof. Pearson, are such as should interest
_all_ students of natural science.”--_Natural Science._
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,
L.L.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.
“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 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._
XXIV. MAN AND WOMAN. By HAVELOCK ELLIS. Illustrated. Second
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.”--_Athenæum._
XXV. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM. By JOHN A. HOBSON,
M.A.
“Every page affords evidence of wide and minute study, a weighing of
facts as conscientious as it is acute, a keen sense of the importance
of certain points as to which economists of all schools have
hitherto been confused and careless, and an impartiality generally
so great as to give no indication of his [Mr. Hobson’s] personal
sympathies.”--_Pall Mall Gazette._
XXVI. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE. By FRANK PODMORE,
M.A.
“A very sober and interesting little book.... That thought-transference
is a real thing, though not perhaps a very common thing, he certainly
shows.”--_Spectator._
XXVII. AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By Professor C.
LLOYD MORGAN. With Diagrams.
“A strong and complete exposition of Psychology, as it takes shape in
a mind previously informed with biological science.... Well written,
extremely entertaining, and intrinsically valuable.”--_Saturday
Review._
XXVIII. THE ORIGINS OF INVENTION: A STUDY OF INDUSTRY AMONG PRIMITIVE
PEOPLES. By OTIS T. MASON, Curator of the Department of Ethnology in
the United States National Museum.
“A valuable history of the development of the inventive
faculty.”--_Nature._
XXIX. THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN: A STUDY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM IN
RELATION TO EDUCATION. By HENRY HERBERT DONALDSON, Professor of
Neurology in the University of Chicago.
“We can say with confidence that Professor Donaldson has executed his
work with much care, judgment, and discrimination.”--_The Lancet._
XXX. EVOLUTION IN ART: AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE LIFE-HISTORIES OF DESIGNS.
By Professor ALFRED C. HADDON. With 130 Illustrations.
“It is impossible to speak too highly of this most unassuming and
invaluable book.”--_Journal Anthropological Institute._
XXXI. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS. By TH. RIBOT, Professor
at the College of France, Editor of the _Revue Philosophique_.
“Professor Ribot’s treatment is careful, modern, and
adequate.”--_Academy._
XXXII. HALLUCINATIONS AND ILLUSIONS: A STUDY OF THE FALLACIES OF
PERCEPTION. By EDMUND PARISH.
“This remarkable little volume.”--_Daily News._
XXXIII. THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY. By E. W. SCRIPTURE, Ph.D.
(Leipzig). With 124 Illustrations.
XXXIV. SLEEP: ITS PHYSIOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, HYGIENE, AND
PSYCHOLOGY. By MARIE DE MANACÉÏNE (St. Petersburg).
Illustrated.