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THE OAK: A Study in Botany. By H. Marshall Ward, F. R. S. With 53 Illustrations.
“From the acorn to the timber which has figured so gloriously in English ships and houses, the tree is fully described, and all its living and preserved beauties and virtues, in nature and in construction, are recounted and pictured.”—Brooklyn Eagle.
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ETHNOLOGY IN FOLK LORE. By George L. Gomme, F. S. A., President of the Folklore Society, etc.
“The author puts forward no extravagant assumptions, and the method he points out for the comparative study of folk-lore seems to promise a considerable extension of knowledge as to prehistoric times.”—Independent.
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THE LAWS AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER. By R. T. Glazebrook, F. R. S., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.
“It is astonishing how interesting such a took can be made when the author has a perfect mastery of his subject, as Mr. Glazebrook has. One knows nothing of the world in which he lives until he has obtained some insight of the properties of matter as explained in this excellent work.”—Chicago Herald.
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