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10. HEREDITY. By J. A. S. Watson, B.Sc. 



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12. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. By Professor J. B. Cohen, 



B.Sc, F.R.S. 



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15. THE SCIENCE OF THE STARS. By E. W. Maunder 

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