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THE SCIENCE SERIES 



Edited by EDWARD LEE THORNDIKE, PH.D. and FRANK EVERS BEDDARD, F.R.S. 



1. THE STUDY OF IMAN 



By Professor A. C. Haddon, M.A., D.Sc, 

 M.R.I. A. Fully illustrated. 8°. |2.00. 

 " A timely aud useful volume. . . . The author's obser- 

 vations are exceedingly genuine aud his descriptions are 

 vivid." — London Athentcnm. 



2. THE GROUNDWORK OF SCIENCE 



A Study of Episteniologv. By St. George 

 MiVART, F.R.S. $1.75." 



" C)ne of the best works of its kind ever put before the 

 public." — ^YcH' I/uttii Lrmler. 



3. RIVERS OF NORTH AMERICA 



A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography 

 and Geology. By Israel C. Russell. Fully 

 illustrated. 8°. $2.00. 



"There has not been in the last few years until the 

 present book any authoritative, broad rfstnnr on the subject, 

 modified and deepened as it has been by modern research 

 and reHection, which is couched in language suitable for 

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4. EARTH SCULPTURE; OR, THE ORIGIN OF 



LAND-FORMS 



By James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S-, 

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" The best pojnilar aud yet scientific treatment we know 

 of of the origin and development of land-forms, and we im- 

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5. VOLCANOES 



By T. G. BoNNEY, F.R.S., University Col- 

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 of view, but it is uncommonly attractive to the general 

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6. BACTERIA 



By George Newman, M.D., F.R.S. (Edin ), 

 D.P.H. (Camb. ). With 24 micro-photographs 

 of actual organisms and over 70 other illus- 

 trations. 8°. $2.00. 



' ' Illuminating, to be commended to all seeking informa- 

 tion on these points. Popular treatment and scientific ac- 

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7. BOOK OF WHALES 



By F. E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S. Illustrated. 

 8°. $2.60. 



" Mr. Beddard has done well to devote a whole volume 

 to whales. A book acceptable to the zoologist and the 

 naturalist."— iV. ]'. Times. 



8. THE STARS 



By Si.MON Newcomb. Illustrated. 

 8°. (By mail, $2.20.) Net, $2.00. 

 ' ' The work is a thoroughly scientific treatise on stars. The 

 name of the author is sufficient guarantee of scholarly and 

 accurate work." — Scientific American. 



9. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPARATIVE 



PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BRAIN, AND COM- 

 PARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY 



With Special Reference to the Invertebrates. 

 By Jacques Loeb, M.D. Illustrated. 8° 

 $1.75. 



" No student of this most intere^ting phase of the prob- 

 lems of life can afford to remain in ignorance of the wide 

 range of facts and the suggestive series of interpretations 

 which Professor Loeb has brought together in this volume." 

 — .losKPii .Iastrow, in the Chioigo JJinl. 



10. THE BASIS OF SOCIAL RELATIONS 



By Donald G. Brinton. 



8°. (By mail, $1.05.) Net,%\.50. 

 " Professor Krinton has shown in this volume an inti- 

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 thropological theories. No one seems to have been better 

 acquainted with the very great body of facts represented 

 by these sciences." — Am. .Jonniiif of Socio/oyi/. 



11. EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS 



By Stephen Paget. With Introduction by 

 Lord Lister. 8°. (By mail, $2.20.) Net, $2.00. 



" To a large class of readers this presentation will be at- 

 tractive, since it gives to them in a nut-shell the meat of a 

 hundred scientific dissertations in current periodical liter- 

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12. INFECTION AND IMMUNITY, OR THE 



CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF INFEC- 

 TIOUS DISEASES 



By George M. Sternberg, M.D., LL.D., 

 Surgeon General (Retired) U. S. Army. 8'-. 

 Illustrated. (By mail, $2.20.) Net^ $2.00. 

 "A distinct public service by an eminent authority." — 

 .V. )•. Tin,e.-<. 



13. FATIGUE 



By A, Mosso, Professor of Physiology in the 

 University of Turin. 12nio. Illus. iVW, $1.50. 

 A pojiular treatise by an authority on the effects of intel- 

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 what is called over-pressure. 



14. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LIGHT OF THE 



NEW SEISMOLOGY 



By Clarence Edward Dutton, Major U. 

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. . . Although the greater jiart of the subjects herein 

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 to bring them within the range of popular science. Mathe- 

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15. THE NATURE OF MAN: STUDIES IN 



OPTIMISTIC PHILOSOPHY 



By Elie Metchnikoff. Translation and 

 Introduction by P. Chalmers Mitchell, Secre- 

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 8°. Illustrated. Net, $2.00. 

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