COMETS AND THEIR TAILS 



AND 



THE GEGENSCHEIN LIGHT. 



By FRED G. SHAW, F.G.S. 



Sheffield Telegraph. " Mr. Shaw's theory is plausible, ingenious and interesting, evincing close 

 reasoning on the part of its author." 



Glasgow Herald. " Accurate in its general facts, sound in its authorities, and cautious in its 

 tone." 



Dublin Irish Times. " With full command of the most advanced astronomical learning, Mr. 

 Frederick G. Shaw, F.G.S. , a traveller of wide experience and a deep scientific thinker, now advances 

 a novel theory as to cometic tails, and as to that mysterious light commonly known as Gegenschein. 

 Singularly interesting study . . ." 



Scotsman." Of unusual interest to readers who study astronomy. Simply enough and lucidly 

 igh expounded in the book. Original, ingenious, and suggestive, the book deserves the attention 

 of every one interested in its subject." 



African Review. " Revealing a fund of knowledge in astronomical and meteorological science.' 



LORD RAYLEIGH. " With regard to your theory of the Gegenschein, I do not remember seeing 

 the lens-like action of the earth's atmosphere noticed before." 



Critic. " Mr. Fred. G. Shaw's ingenious solution of the great geological puzzle of the Witwaters- 

 rand conglomerates is still fresh in the minds of scientific men ; and in turning to astral problems 

 as he has done in his work ' Comets and their Tails, etc.,' he exhibits the same logical deductive 

 thought shown in his pseudo-morphic theory as to the formation, etc., of the said conglomerates. 

 It is certain that he has scored a success in his solution of the Gegenschein light. I heartily commend 

 this-book to my readers." 



FISCAL FACTS AND FICTIONS 



By FRED G. SHAW, F.G.S. 



Irish Times, 1904." Precise and elaborate. . . . full of authenticated statistics, and is 

 a very valuable addition. . . . He is a writer of old standing and of acknowledged ability, and 

 his range is exceptionally wide. . . . But this work, in a sober, serious style, gives the reformers' 

 views of the position with admirable lucidity, and pleads their case with extreme cleverness and 

 strength." 



Sheffield Telegraph, 1904. " There is force and originality about it. He takes up, one by one 

 the arguments of Free Traders and shatters them. Lord Rosebery comes out very badly damaged, 

 and there is little left of men like Mr. Asquith, Sir Henry Cainpbell-Bannerman, Mr. Morley, and 

 Lord Goschen. . . . This book will prove invaluable. ... Sir Alfred Bateman's estimates, 

 from which the Free Traders get most of their inspiration, are subjected to a critical analysis, and 

 shown to be unsound. . . . There is much more in this valuable volume." 



Nottingham Daily Guardian, 1904. " An able and trenchant writer ; ... in short and 

 clearly-cut sentences ; . . . striking to the eye, helpful to the memory, and very convenient for 

 reference. ... He also submits recent speeches of leading opponents of fiscal reform to severe 

 and scathing criticism, exposing the weaknesses of their position, and showing in many instances 

 the misleading nature of their mode of handling the statistical materials with which they are dealing. 

 . These arguments are supported at every step by figures that cannot be impugned." 



Jackson's Oxford Journal, 1904. " He shows the advantages, advisability and feasibility of 

 subsidising home-grown wheat. . . ' 



" But few had succeeded in throwing such a fierce light on the absurdity of England continuing 

 to be a Free Trade country than does the volume before us. ... An admirable work." 



TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE AUTHOR. 



