MASTERPIECES BY SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITIES. 



The Contemporary Science Series. 



Edited by Havelock Ellis. 



gs \zrno. Cloth. Price $\.$z> per Volume. 



j? I. THE 'EVOLUTION OF SEX. By Prof. PATRICK GEDDES 



f g and J. A. THOMSON. With 90 Illustrations. Second Edition. 



^5 " The authors have brought to the task as indeed their names guarantee 



| ^ a wealth of knowledge, a lucid and attractive method of treatment, and a 



_I ^ rich vein of picturesque language." Nature. 



1 2 II- ELECTRICITY IN MODERN LIFE. By G. W. DE 



TUNZELMANN. With 88 Illustrations. 



e; "A clearly written and connected sketch of what is known about dec- 



s' tricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications, and the 

 "*- *i principles on which they are based." Saturday Review. 



3 HI. THE ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS. By Dr. ISAAC 

 5 | TAYLOR. Illustrated. Second Edition. 



"Canon Taylor is probably the most encyclopaedic all-round scholar now 

 ^~ living. His new volume on the Origin of the Aryans is a first-rate example 

 a of the excellent account to which he can turn his exceptionally wide and 

 oo ttJ varied information. . . . Masterly and exhaustive. " Pall Mall Gazette. 



e IV. PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION. By P. MANTE- 



GAZZA. Illustrated. 



5 y " Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latest researches. 



_: f> ... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life and spirit, and the natural 

 attractiveness of his subject is not destroyed by his scientific handling of it." 

 ^*O Literary World( Boston). 



7, V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. By J. B. SUTTON, F.R.C.S. 

 W 5 With 135 Illustrations. 



. VJ "The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or 



I -;.<; system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of 

 pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations 

 ^ ~ J) of disease for medical reference." -Journal of Mental Science. 



I || VI. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY. By G. L. GOMME. 



Ql, Illustrated. 



^ LUOJ " His b k wil1 P robabl 7 remain for some time the best work of reference 



^ Z E f r fa tS bearin S on those traces of the village community which have not 

 ** ^.b* be en effaced by conquest, encroachment, and the heavy hand of Roman 

 W) law." Scottish Leader. 



> VII. THE CRIMINAL. By HAVELOCK ELLIS. Illustrated 

 Q 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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