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XV. 



Fungi ; 



THEIR NATURE, INFLUENCE, AND USES. 



By M. C. COOKE, M. A., LL. D. 



Edited by Rev. M. J. BERKELEY, M. A., F. L. S. 



With 109 Illustrations. Price, $1.50. 



"Even if the name of the author of this work were not deservedly eminent, that of 

 the editor, who has long stood at the head of the British fungologists, would be a suf- 

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 from the press. . . . The structure, germination, and growth of all these widely-dif- 

 fused organisms, their habitats and influences for good and evil, are systematically 

 described." — New York World, 



"Dr. Cooke's book contains an admirable resjinii oi what is known on the struct- 

 ure, growth, and reproduction of fungi, together with ample bibliographical references 

 to original sources of information." — London AthencBtim. 



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XVI. 



The Life and Growth of Language: 



AN OUTLINE OF LINGUISTIC SCIENCE. 

 By WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY, 



Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in Yale College. 

 I vol., i2mo. Cloth. Price, $1.50. 



" Prof Whitney is to be commended for giving to the public the results of his ripe 

 scholarship and unusually profound researches in simple language. He draws illus- 

 trations and examples of the principles which he wishes to impart, from common life 

 and the words in frequent use. 



" The topics discussed in this volume are, for the most part, those which have 

 been already treated by other writers on philology, and even by the author himself, in 

 his volume on ' Language, and the Study of Language,' published a few years ago, 

 and, though many of the truths here set forth are those with which students in the 

 same line of investigation are generally familiar, all will rejoice to see them restated in 

 such a fresh and simple way. 



"This work, while valuable to scholars, will be interesting to every one." — The 

 Churchman. 



" This work is an important contribution to a science which has advanced steadily 

 under conditions that appear constantly to throw an increasing light on difficult ques- 

 tions, and at each step clear the way for further discoveries." — Chicago Inter-Ocean. 



" Prof. Whitney is undoubtedly one of the foremost of English-speaking philologists, 

 and occupies an enviable position in the wider circle of European students of language. 



" His style, clear, simple, picturesque, abounding in striking illustrations, and apt 

 in comparisons, is admirably fitted to be the vehicle of a popular treatise like the work 

 under consideration." — Portland Daily Press. 



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