Contents. (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers]clicking on this symbol (etext transcriber's note) |
,or directly on the image,will bring up a larger version of the illustration.)The Contemporary Science Series.
Edited by Havelock Ellis.
I. THE EVOLUTION OF SEX. By Prof. Patrick Geddes and J. A. Thomson.With 90 Illustrations. Second Edition.
“The authors have brought to the task—as indeed their namesguarantee—a wealth of knowledge, a lucid and attractive method oftreatment, and a rich vein of picturesque language.”—Nature.
II. ELECTRICITY IN MODERN LIFE. By G. W. DE Tunzelmann. With 88Illustrations.
“A clearly-written and connected sketch of what is known aboutelectricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications,and the principles on which they are based.”—Saturday Review.
III. THE ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS. By Dr. Isaac Taylor. Illustrated.Second Edition.
“Canon Taylor is probably the most encyclopædic all-round scholarnow living. His new volume on the Origin of the Aryans is afirst-rate example of the excellent account to which he can turnhis exceptionally wide and varied information.... Masterly andexhaustive.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
IV. PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION. By P. Mantegazza. Illustrated.
“Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latestresearches.... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life andspirit, and the natural attractiveness of his subject is notdestroyed by his scientific handling of it.”—Literary World(Boston).
V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. By J. B. Sutton, F.R.C.S. With 135Illustrations.
“The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice ofaccuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation ofthe fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming auseful collection of illustrations of disease for medicalreference.”—Journal of Mental Science.
VI. THE VILLAGE COMM