THE SCIENCE SERIES
Edited by Edward Lee Thorndike, Ph.D., and F. E. Beddard. M.A., F.R.S.
1.—The Study of Man. By Professor A. C. Haddon, M.A., D.Sc., M.R.I.A. Fully illustrated. 8º. $2.00.
"A timely and useful volume.... The author wields a pleasing pen and knows how to make the subject attractive.... The work is calculated to spread among its readers an attraction to the science of anthropology. The author's observations are exceedingly genuine and his descriptions are vivid."—London Athenæum.
2.—The Groundwork of Science. A Study of Epistemology. By St. George Mivart, F.R.S. 8º. $1.75.
"The book is cleverly written and is one of the best works of its kind ever put before the public. It will be interesting to all readers, and especially to those interested in the Study of science."—New Haven Leader.
3.—Rivers of North America. A Reading Lesson for Students of Geography and Geology. By Israel C. Russell, Professor of Geology, University of Michigan, author of "Lakes of North America," "Glaciers of North America," "Volcanoes of North America," etc. Fully illustrated. 8º. $2.00.
"There has not been in the last few years until the present book any authoritative, broad résumé on the subject, modified and deepened as it has been by modern research and reflection, which is couched in language suitable for the multitude.... The text is as entertaining as it is instructive."—Boston Transcript.
4.—Earth Sculpture; or, The Origin of Land-Forms. By James Geikie, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., etc., Murchison Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the University of Edinburgh; author of "The Great Ice Age," etc. Fully illustrated. 8º. $2.00.
"This volume is the best popular and yet scientific treatment we know of of the origin and development of land-forms, and we immediately adopted it as the best available text-book for a college course in physiography.... The book is full of life and vigor, and shows the sympathetic touch of a man deeply in love with nature."—Science.
5.—Volcanoes. By T. G. Bonney, F.R.S., University College, London. Fully illustrated. 8º. $2.00.
"It is not only a fine piece of work from a scientific point of view, but it is uncommonly attractive to the general reader, and is likely to have a larger sale than most books of its class."—Springfield Republican.
6.—Bacteria: Especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial processes, and to the public health. By George Newman, M.D., F.R.S. (Edin.), D.P.H. (Camb.), etc., Demonstrator of Bacteriology in King's College, London. With 24 micro-photographs of actual organisms and over 70 other illustrations. 8º. $2.00.
"Dr. Newman's discussions of bacteria and disease, of immunity, of antitoxins, and of methods of disinfection, are illuminating, and are to be commended to all seeking information on these points. Any discussion of bacteria will seem technical to the uninitiated, but all such will find in this book popular treatment and scientific accuracy happily combined."—The Dial.
7.—A Book of Whales. By F. E. Beddard, M.A., F.R.S. Illustrated. 8º. $2.00.
"Mr. Beddard has done well to devote a whole volume to whales. They are worthy of the biographer who has now well grouped and described these creatures. The general reader will not find the volume too technical, nor has the author failed in his attempt to produce a book that shall be acceptable to the zoölogist and the naturalist."—N. Y. Times.
8.—Comparative Physiology of the Brain and Comparative Psychology. With special reference to the Invertebrates. By Jacques Loeb, M.D., Professor of Physiology in the University of Chicago. Illustrated. 8º. $1.75.
"No student of this most interesting phase of the problems 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."—Joseph Jastrow, in the Chicago Dial.
9.—The Stars. By Professor Simon Newcomb, U.S.N., Nautical Almanac Office, and Johns Hopkins University. 8º. Illustrated. Net, $2.00. (By mail, $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.
10.—The Basis of Social Relations. A Study in Ethnic Psychology. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D., Late Professor of American Archæology and Linguistics in the University of Pennsylvania; Author of "History of Primitive Religions," "Races and Peoples," "The American Race," etc. Edited by Livingston Farrand, Columbia University. 8º. Net, $1.50. (By mail, $1.60.)
"Professor Brinton has shown in this volume an intimate and appreciative knowledge of all the important anthropological theories. No one seems to have been better acquainted with the very great body of facts represented by these sciences."—Am. Journal of Sociology.
11.—Experiments on Animals. By Stephen Paget. With an Introduction by Lord Lister. Illustrated. 8º. Net, $2.00. (By mail, $2.20.)
"To a large class of readers this presentation will be attractive, since it gives to them in a nut-shell the meat of a hundred scientific dissertations in current periodical literature. The volume has the authoritative sanction of Lord Lister."—Boston Transcript.
12.—Infection and Immunity. With Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases. By George M. Sternberg, M.D., LL.D., Surgeon-General U. S. Army (Retired). Illustrated. 8º. Net, $1.75. (By mail, $1.90.)
"A distinct public service by an eminent authority. This admirable little work should be a part of the prescribed reading of the head of every institution in which children or youths are gathered. Conspicuously useful."—N. Y. Times.
13.—Fatigue. By A. Mosso, Professor of Physiology in the University of Turin. Translated by Margaret Drummond, M.A., and W. B. Drummond, M.B., C.M., F.R.C.P.E., extra Physician, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh; Author of "The Child. His Nature and Nurture." Illustrated. 8º. Net, $1.50.
"A book for the student and for the instructor, full of interest, also for the intelligent general reader. The subject constitutes one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of medical science and of philosophical research."—Yorkshire Post.
14.—Earthquakes. In the Light of the New Seismology. By Clarence E. Dutton, Major, U. S. A. Illustrated. 8º. Net, $2.00. (By mail, $2.20.)
"The book summarizes the results of the men who have accomplished the great things in their pursuit of seismological knowledge. It is abundantly illustrated and it fills a place unique in the literature of modern science."—Chicago Tribune.
15.—The Nature of Man. Studies in Optimistic Philosophy. By Élie Metchnikoff, Professor at the Pasteur Institute. Translation and introduction by P. Chambers Mitchell, M.A., D.Sc. Oxon. Illustrated. 8º. Net, $1.50.
"A book to be set side by side with Huxley's Essays, whose spirit it carries a step further on the long road towards its goal."—Mail and Express.
16.—The Hygiene of Nerves and Mind in Health and Disease. By August Forel, M.D., formerly Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Zurich. Authorized Translation. 8º. Net, $2.00. (By mail, $2.20.)
A comprehensive and concise summary of the results of science in its chosen field. Its authorship is a guarantee that the statements made are authoritative as far as the statement of an individual can be so regarded.
17.—The Prolongation of Life. Optimistic Essays. By Élie Metchnikoff, Sub-Director of the Pasteur Institute. Author of "The Nature of Man," etc. 8º. Illustrated. Net, $2.50. (By mail, $2.70.) Popular Edition. With an introduction by Prof. Charles S. Minot. Net, $1.75.
In his new work Professor Metchnikoff expounds at greater length, in the light of additional knowledge gained in the last few years, his main thesis that human life is not only unnaturally short but unnaturally burdened with physical and mental disabilities. He analyzes the causes of these disharmonies and explains his reasons for hoping that they may be counteracted by a rational hygiene.
18.—The Solar System. A Study of Recent Observations. By Prof. Charles Lane Poor, Professor of Astronomy in Columbia University. 8º. Illustrated. Net, $2.00.
The subject is presented in untechnical language and without the use of mathematics. Professor Poor shows by what steps the precise knowledge of to-day has been reached and explains the marvellous results of modern observations.
19.—Climate—Considered Especially in Relation to Man. By Robert DeCourcy Ward, Assistant Professor of Climatology in Harvard University. 8º. Illustrated. Net, $2.00.
This volume is intended for persons who have not had special training in the technicalities of climatology. Climate covers a wholly different field from that included in the meteorological text-books. It handles broad questions of climate in a way which has not been attempted in a single volume. The needs of the teacher and student have been kept constantly in mind.
20.—Heredity. By J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen; Author of "The Science of Life," etc. 8º. Illustrated. Net, $3.50.
The aim of this work is to expound, in a simple manner, the facts of heredity and inheritance as at present known, the general conclusions which have been securely established, and the more important theories which have been formulated.
21.—Age, Growth, and Death. By Charles S. Minot, James Stillman Professor of Comparative Anatomy in Harvard University, President of the Boston Society of Natural History, and Author of "Human Embryology," "A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology," etc. 8º. Illustrated.
This volume deals with some of the fundamental problems of biology, and presents a series of views (the results of nearly thirty years of study), which the author has correlated for the first time in systematic form.
22.—The Interpretation of Nature. By C. Lloyd Morgan, LL. D., F. R. S. Crown 8vo. Net, $1.25.
Dr. Morgan seeks to prove that a belief in purpose as the causal reality of which Nature is an expression is not inconsistent with a full and whole-hearted acceptance of the explanations of naturalism.
23.—Mosquito Life. The Habits and Life Cycles of the Known Mosquitoes of the United States; Methods for their Control; and Keys for Easy Identification of the Species in their Various Stages. An account based on the investigation of the late James William Dupree, Surgeon-General of Louisiana, and upon the original observations by the Writer. By Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell, A.B., M.S. With 64 Illustrations. Crown 8vo. Net, $2.00.
This volume has been designed to meet the demand of the constantly increasing number of students for a work presenting in compact form the essential facts so far made known by scientific investigation in regard to the different phases of this, as is now conceded, important and highly interesting subject. While aiming to keep within reasonable bounds, that it may be used for work in the field and in the laboratory, no portion of the work has been slighted, or fundamental information omitted, in the endeavor to carry this plan into effect.
24.—Thinking, Feeling, Doing. An Introduction to Mental Science. By E. W. Scripture, Ph.D., M.D., Assistant Neurologist Columbia University, formerly Director of the Psychological Laboratory at Yale University. 189 Illustrations. 2d Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Crown 8vo. Net, $1.75.
"The chapters on Time and Action, Reaction Time, Thinking Time, Rhythmic Action, and Power and Will are most interesting. This book should be carefully read by every one who desires to be familiar with the advances made in the study of the mind, which advances, in the last twenty-five years, have been quite as striking and epoch-making as the strides made in the more material lines of knowledge."—Jour. Amer. Med. Ass'n., Feb. 22, 1908.
25.—The World's Gold. By L. de Launay, Professor at the École Superieure des Mines. Translated by Orlando Cyprian Williams. With an Introduction by Charles A. Conant, author of "History of Modern Banks of Issue," etc. Crown 8vo. Net, $1.75.
M. de Launay is a professor of considerable repute not only in France, but among scientists throughout the world. In this work he traces the various uses and phases of gold; first, its geology; secondly, its extraction; thirdly, its economic value.
26.—The Interpretation of Radium. By Frederick Soddy, Lecturer in Physical Chemistry in the University of Glasgow. 8vo. With Diagrams. Net, $1.75.
As the application of the present-day interpretation of Radium (that it is an element undergoing spontaneous disintegration) is not confined to the physical sciences, but has a wide and general bearing upon our whole outlook on Nature, Mr. Soddy has presented the subject in non-technical language, so that the ideas involved are within reach of the lay reader. No effort has been spared to get to the root of the matter and to secure accuracy, so that the book should prove serviceable to other fields of science and investigation, as well as to the general public.
27.—Criminal Man. According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso. Briefly Summarized by his Daughter, Gina Lombroso Ferrero. With 36 Illustrations and a Bibliography of Lombroso's Publications on the Subject.
In preparation:
The Invisible Spectrum. By Professor C. E. Mendenhall, University of Wisconsin.
The Physiology and Hygiene of Exercise. By Dr. G. L. Meylan, Columbia University.
Other volumes to be announced later
Footnotes:
[1] For a description of the methods employed in measuring skulls see [Part III].
[2] For a description of the methods used in measuring the acuteness of these senses, see [Part III].
[3] As in the case of the Sicilian brigand Salomone (see [Fig. 19]).
Transcriber's Notes:
Additional spacing after some of the quotes is intentional to indicate both the end of a quotation and the beginning of a new paragraph as presented in the original text.
Moving some images to the end of a paragraph has resulted in a few alterations in page numbers.
Missing page numbers refer to blank pages in the original.