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

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2. THE GROUNDWORK OF SCIENCE 



A Study oi Epistemologv. By St. George 



MiVAKT, F.R.S. 11.75." 



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3. RIVERS OF NORTH AMERICA 



A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography 

 and Geology. By Israel C. Russell. Fully 

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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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5. VOLCANOES 



By T. G. BONNEY, F.R.S., University Col 

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6. BACTERIA 



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

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 of actual organisms and over 70 other illus- 

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7. BOOK OF WHALES 



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

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8. THE STARS 



. By Simon Newcomb. Illustrated. 

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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° 

 $L75. 



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 range of facts and the suggestive series of interpretations 

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10. THE BASIS OF SOCIAL RELATIONS 



By Donald G. Brinton. 



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11. EXPERIMENTS ON ANIMALS 



By Stephen Paget. With Introduction by 

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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., 

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13. FATIGUE 



By A. Mosso, Professor of Physiology in the 

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14. EARTHQUAKES IN THE LIGHT OF THE 



NEW SEISMOLOGY 



By Clarence Edward Dutton, Major U. 

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15. THE NATURE OF MAN: STUDIES IN 



OPTIMISTIC PHILOSOPHY 



By Elie Metchnikoff. Translation and 

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