UNIVERSITY EXTENSION MANUALS.
The Series of University Extension Manuals, to be published by Mr. MURRAY, of Albemarle Street, London, under the Editorship of Professor KNIGHT, of the University of St. Andrews, is primarily designed to aid the University Extension movement throughout the country, and to supply the need so widely felt by Students, of Text-books for study and reference, in connection with the authorised Courses of Lectures.
These Manuals will differ from those already in existence in that they are not intended for School use, or for Examination purposes; and that their aim is to educate, rather than to inform. The enumeration of mere details will be avoided, except in so far as they illustrate the working of general laws, and the development of principles; while the historical evolution, both of the literary and scientific subjects, will be kept in view, as well as their philosophical significance. The class for whose use the Manuals are especially designed are those whose education has been hitherto somewhat miscellaneous or fragmentary, and who are desirous of pursuing systematic study in Literature, History, Science, and Art.
The remarkable success which has attended University Extension in England and Scotland has been partly due to the combination of scientific treatment with popularity, and the union of simplicity with thoroughness. The University Extension movement, however, can only reach those resident in the larger centres of population, while all over the country there are thoughtful persons who desire the same kind of teaching; and it is for them, as well as for the Extension Lecture Students, that this Series is designed. Its aim will be to supply to the public and to the general reader, the same kind of teaching as is given in the Lectures, to reflect the spirit which has characterised the movement, and to combine as the Lectures have done, the discussion of principles as well as of facts, and of methods along with results.
The Manuals will be issued simultaneously in England and America. Volumes dealing with separate sections of Literature, Science, Philosophy, History, and Art have already been assigned to representative literary men, to University Professors, or to Extension Lectures connected with Oxford, Cambridge, London, and the Universities of Scotland and Ireland.
The Series will include the following Works:--
THE DAILY LIFE OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS. By Professor W. ANDERSON, Oriel College, Oxford, and Frith College, Sheffield.
THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY. By ARTHUR BERRY, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge (Senior Wrangler).
SHAKESPEARE, AND HIS PREDECESSORS IN THE ENGLISH DRAMA. By F.S. BOAS, Balliol College, Oxford.
THE ENGLISH POETS, FROM BLAKE TO TENNYSON. By Rev. STOPFORD A. BROOKE, Trinity College, Dublin.
THE FINE ARTS. By Professor BALDWIN BROWN, University of Edinburgh.
ENGLISH COLONIZATION AND EMPIRE. By A. CALDECOTT, Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
ENERGY IN NATURE: An Introduction to Physical Science. By JOHN COX, late Warden of Cavendish College, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
CAPITAL IN ITS RELATION TO SOCIAL PROGRESS. By Dr. W. CUNNINGHAM, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
OUTLINES OF MODERN BOTANY. By Professor PATRICK GEDDES, University College, Dundee.
THE JACOBEAN POETS. By EDMUND GOSSE, Trinity College, Cambridge.
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY; THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BEAUTIFUL. By Professor KNIGHT, University of St. Andrews.
TEXT BOOK OF THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION. By Professor SIMON S. LAURIE, University of Edinburgh.
BRITISH DOMINION IN INDIA. By Sir ALFRED LYALL, K.C.B., K.C.S.I.
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. By C.E. MALLET, Balliol College, Oxford.
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE SENSES. By Professor MCKENDRICK, the University of Glasgow, and Dr. SNODGRASS, Physiological Laboratory, Glasgow.
COMPARATIVE RELIGION. By Professor MENZIES, University of St. Andrews.
PHYSIOGRAPHY. By HUGH ROBERT MILL, University of Edinburgh.
LOGIC, INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE. By Professor MINTO, University of Aberdeen.
THE ELEMENTS OF ETHICS. By JOHN H. MUIRHEAD, Balliol College, Oxford, Lecturer on Moral Science, Royal Holloway College.
THE ENGLISH NOVEL, FROM ITS ORIGIN TO SIR W. SCOTT. By Professor RALEIGH, University College, Liverpool.
OUTLINES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. By WILLIAM RENTON, University of St. Andrews.
STUDIES IN MODERN GEOLOGY. By Dr. R.D. ROBERTS, Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, Secretary to the Cambridge and London University Extension Syndicates.
PROBLEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. By M.E. SADLER, Senior Student of Christ Church, Oxford, Secretary to the Oxford University Extension Delegacy.
PSYCHOLOGY: A Historical Sketch. By Professor SETH, University of St. Andrews.
MECHANICS. By Professor JAMES STUART, M.P., Trinity College, Cambridge.
THE STUDY OF ANIMAL LIFE. By I. ARTHUR THOMSON, University of Edinburgh.