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Mr. Edward Arnold's List. 



THE CHANCES OF DEATH; 



AND OTHER STUDIES IN EVOLUTION. 



By KARL PEARSON, F.R.S., 



Author of ' The Ethic of Free Thought^ etc. 



With Illustrations and Diagrams. Demy 8vo., i6s. 



This is the first substantial work published by Professor Pearson since his 

 well-known ' Ethic of Free Thought ^ appeared some years ago. The volume 

 contains several scientific essays dealing with Chance in various aspects, 

 from the Chances of Death to so-called Games of Chance, and points out 

 how far mathematical theory corresponds with actual results. Another 

 series of papers discusses problems of deep interest in connection with 

 Woman and Labour, while a third section deals with important problems of 

 modern political progress. 



HABIT AND INSTINCT. 



A Study in Heredity. 



By C. LLOYD MORGAN, 



Ajithor of ' Animal Life and Intelligence,' ' The Springs of Condt^ct,' etc. 



Demy 8vo., i6s. 



In the winter of 1895-96 Professor Lloyd Morgan delivered the series of 

 * Lowell Lectures ' which form the basis of this work. The subject is one 

 which has been the author's special study for many years, and in the present 

 volume he has given the mature result of his researches. 



Summary of Contents. 



I. Preliminary Definitions and Illustration?. — II. -IV. Observations on Young Birds. 

 — V. Observations on Young Mammals. — VI. On the Relation of Consciousness to 

 Instinct and to Habit, — VII. On the Relation of Intelligence to the Acquisition of 

 Habits. — VIII. On Imitation. — IX. On the Emotions in their Relation to Instinct. — 

 X. On some Habits and Instincts of the Pairing Season. — XI. On the Instincts of 

 Nest-building, Incubation, and Migration. — XII. On the Relation of Organic to 

 Mental Evolution. — XIII. Are Acquired Habits inherited? — XIV. On Modification 

 and Variation. — XV. Habit and Instinct in Man. 



THE RELIGIONS OF INDIA. 



By EDWARD WASHBURN HOPKINS, Ph.D. (Leipzig), 

 Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology in Bryn Mawr College, U.S.A. 



Over 600 page?, demy 8vo., 8s. 6d. net. 



This is the first volume of an important series entitled ' Handbooks on the 

 History of Religions.' Among the other volumes now in course of prepara- 

 tion are those dealing with the religions of (ii.) Babylonia and Persia, (iii.) 

 the Ancient Teutons, (iv.) Persia, (vi.) Egypt, (vii.) Israel. 



