Cf)e ^mfjerst Boohs 



In connection with the celebration of her one hundredth anniver- 

 sary, Amherst College began the publication of a series of volumes, 

 written by Amherst men, to be known as The Amherst Books. They 

 deal simply and clearly with matters and problems of significance 

 and are addressed primarily, not to the expert and specialist, but to 

 the general intelligent public. The list of volumes pul)lished and 

 in preparation follows. 



THE LIBERAL COLLEGE 



By ALEXANDER MEIKLEJOHN 



PRESIDENT OF AMHERST COLLEGE 



A frank and thorough discussion of the fundamental problems of 

 college education and of the function which the college should fulfill 

 in American life and thought. The topics discussed are arranged 

 under four general headings: The Determining Purpose, The Par- 

 ticipants in the Process, Discussions in Educational Theory and The 

 Curriculum. Price $2.^0, postage 10 cents 



THE LIFE INDEED 



By JOHN FRANKLIN GENUNG 



LATE PROFESSOR OF BIBLICAL AND LITERARY INTERPRETATION 



IN AMHERST COLLEGE 



The matured and genial philosophy of a much loved teacher who 

 was widely recognized as a shrewd scholar in the fields of literature 

 and religion. All the characteristic qualities of mind, revealed 

 hitherto in his rhetoric, in his studies of Hebrew literature and in 

 his interpretations of English poets, are here brought into play to 

 build up a systematic design of the only sort of life to him wortli 

 living, a life founded on the Bible, his ''great textbook of life." 



Price $j.oo, postage 10 cents 



MARSHALL JONES COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 



212 Summer Street BOSTON, MASS. 



