STANDARD WORKS ON SCIENCE 



SIR JOSEPH DALTON HOOKER 



O.M., G.C.S.I. The Life and Letters of. By LEONARD 

 HUXLEY. Based on material collected and arranged by 

 LADY HOOKER. With Illustrations. In Two Volumes. 

 2nd Edition. 365. net. 



The long life of Sir Joseph Hooker covers the whole ot the 

 scientific renaissance. Pre-eminent in botany, as Traveller 

 and Explorer he was hardly less eminent. The history of his 

 scientific career is also the history of many friendships, 

 revealed in his unceasing correspondence, most of all with 

 Charles Darwin, for he was Darwin's confidant, helper and 

 critic for fifteen years before the " Origin " appeared. 



CHAPTERS IN MODERN BOTANY 



By PATRICK GEDDES, Professor of Botany, University 

 Coll ge, Dundee. With Illustrations. (Murray's Uni- 

 versity Manuals). 35. 6d. net. 



" A most charmingly written account of some of the more 

 striking phenomena of plant life." Daily Chronicle. 



DAVID GILL : Man and Astronomer 



Memories of Sir DAVID GILL, K.C.B., H.M. Astronomer 

 (1879-1907) at the Cape of Good Hope. Collected and 

 arranged by GEORGE FORBES, F.R.S. With Portraits 

 and Illustrations. 125. net. 



" It is the aim of the memoir to present to the world David 

 Gill the man, and the results of his life work only so far as 

 they illustrate his character. His irascibility, his charity, 

 his hatred of shams of all kinds, but particularly of sham 

 science, his genius for friendship, his love of music and 

 out-of-door sport, and his devotion to his work, each has 

 some story to demonstrate it." Pall Mall Gazette. 



A HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY 



By ARTHUR BERRY, M.A., Fellow of King's College, 

 Cambridge. With many Illustrations. (Murray's Univer- 

 sity Manuals.) 6s. net. 



