XVII. THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN FAUNA. 

 By R. F. SCHARFF, B.Sc, Ph.D., F.Z.S. Illustrated. 



XVIII. PROPERTY : ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. 



By Ch. Letourneau, General Secretary to the Anthro- 

 pological Society, Paris, and Professor in the School of Anthro- 

 pology, 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, LL.D., F.R.S. 



" A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earth- 

 quakes. " — 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, prophy- 

 laxis, and sanitation bearing upon the preservation of public health." — 

 Lancet. 



XXL 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). 



XXIL THE GERM-PLASM : A THEORY OF HEREDITY. 



By August Weismann, Professor in the University of 

 Freiburg-in-Breisgau. With 24 Illustrations. $2.50. 

 "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 Aledical Journal. 



XXIII. INDUSTRIES OF ANIMALS. By E. F. Houssay. 

 With numerous Illustrations. 

 " His accuracy is undoubted, yet his facts out-maryel all romance. These 

 facts are here made use of as materials wherewith to form the mighty fabric 

 of evolution." — Manchester Guardian. 



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