Opinions of the Press on the " International Scientific Series. 1 '' 



XIII. 



THE DOCTRINE OF 



Descent, and Darwinism. 



By OSCAR SCHMIDT, 

 Professor in the University of Strasburg. 



WITH 26 WOODCUTS. 

 I vol., I2mo. Cloth Price, $1.50. 



" The entire subject is discussed with a freshness, as well as an elaboration of de- 

 tail, that renders his work interesting in a more than usual degree. The facts upon 

 which the Darwinian theory is based are presented in an effective manner, conclusions 

 are ably defended, and the question is treated in more compact and available style 

 than in any other work on the same topic that has yet appeared. It is a valuable ad- 

 dition to the ' International Scientific Series.' " Boston Post. 



" The present volume is the thirteenth of the ' International Scientific Series/ and 

 is one of the most interesting of all of them. The subject-matter is handled with a 

 great deal of skill and earnestness, and the courage of the author in avowing his opin- 

 ions is much to his credit. . . . This volume certainly merits a careful perusal." 

 Hartford Evening Post. 



" The volume which Prof. Schmidt has devoted to this theme is a valuable contri- 

 bution to the Darwinian literature. Philosophical in method, and eminently candid, 

 it shows not only the ground which Darwin had in his researches made, and conclu- 

 sions reached before him to plant his theory upon, but shows, also, what that theory 

 really is, a point upon which many good people who talk very earnestly about the 

 matter are very imperfectly informed." Detroit Free Press. 



XIV. 



The Chemistry of Light and 

 Photography ; 



In its Application to Art, Science, and Industry. 

 By Dr. HERMANN VOGEL, 



Professor in the Royal Industrial Academy of Eeilin. 



WITH 100 ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 I2mo Price, $2.00. 



"Out of Photography has sprung a new science the Chemistry of Light and, in 

 giving a popular view to the one, Dr. Vogel has presented an analysis of the principles 

 and processes of the other. His treatise is as entertaining as it is instructive, pleas- 

 antly combining a history of the progress and practice of photography from the first 

 rough experiments of Wedgwood and Davy with sensitized paper, in 1802, down to 

 the latest improvements of the art with technical illustrations of the scientific theories 

 on which the art is based. It is the first attempt in any manual of photography to set 

 forth adequately the just claims of the invention, both from an artistic and a scientific 

 point of view, and it must be conceded that the effort has been ably conducted." 

 Chicago Tribune. 



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