CRITICAL NOTICES OF THE SERIES. 



"The series of manuals, of which these are the initial volumes, can 

 but prove a most valuable one." — Boston Traveller. 



" We are impressed with the merits and general thoroughness of the 

 ' University Extension Manuals.' " — The Independent. 



"They are admirable condensations of the best thought upon the 

 several subjects, and will be eagerly sought, not only by scholars, but 

 by the general reader as works of reference." — Boston Transcript. 



"The Manuals are intended rather as aids to education than for 

 purposes of general information. The two which have so far appeared 

 are admirably adapted for that end." — Charleston News and Courier. 



" It [' The Fine Arts '] may be recommended as an eminently clear 

 and sound brief statement of the aims and conditions of art, especially 

 in the three forms of architecture, sculpture, and painting." — N.Y. 

 Evening Post. 



" This series promises to be one of the most valuable sets of educa- 

 tional books yet projected. The selections for it are made with singu- 

 larly good judgment, and the volumes make not only a set of important 

 ' texts,' but solid additions to literature." — Philadelphia Telegraph. 



" The series promises to be a very useful and attractive set of books. 

 The name explains itself, and the idea of a further widening of the 

 extension movement by supplying students with authorized books for 

 reference and detailed study is one heartily to be commended." — 

 Hartford Courant. 



" The scope of these Manuals is very broad, — and the old college 

 man, who has forgotten much that he studied, will be interested and 

 profited if he takes up this series of booklets ; while to the young men, 

 especially those whom circumstances will not allow to take a collegiate 

 course, but who are anxious for a collegiate education, the series is 

 invaluable." — Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. 



" It is evident from the volumes already published, and from the 

 announcements of others to come, that the series of ' University Exten- 

 sion Manuals' is to be one of the most significant educational enter- 

 prises ever undertaken in this country. The subjects treated, the names 

 of the writers who have been induced to co-operate in the work, and 

 the well-known qualifications of Prof. William Knight, who is the respon- 

 sible editor of the series, — all unite to inspire confidence in the high 

 character of this scheme for providing a sound and trustworthy system 

 of popular instruction which shall at once appeal to the unlearned by 

 the simplicity and directness of its aim, and to the cultivated by fresh- 

 ness and originality of method." — Boston Beacon. 



