By Professor J. G. Robertson, M.A., Ph.D. A review of one of the greatest literatures of the world by a high authority.
70. THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE
By G. K. Chesterton. "The Victorian Compromise and its Enemies"—"The Great Victorian Novelists"—"The Great Victorian Poets"—"The Break-up of the Compromise."
In Preparation
ANCIENT ART & RITUAL. By Miss Jane Harrison, LL.D., D.Litt.
GREEK LITERATURE. By Prof. Gilbert Murray, D.Litt.
LATIN LITERATURE. By Prof. J. S. Phillimore.
CHAUCER AND HIS TIME. By Miss G. E. Hadow.
THE RENAISSANCE. By Miss Edith Sichel.
ITALIAN ART OF THE RENAISSANCE. By Roger E. Fry, M.A.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By Prof. Wm. T. Brewster.
LITERARY TASTE. By Thomas Seccombe.
WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS CIRCLE. By A. Clutton Brock.
GREAT WRITERS OF RUSSIA. By C. T. Hagberg Wright, LL.D.
SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY & LITERATURE. By T. C. Snow, M.A.
Science
7. MODERN GEOGRAPHY
By Dr Marion Newbigin. (Illustrated.) "Geography, again: what a dull, tedious study that was wont to be! . . . But Miss Marion Newbigin invests its dry bones with the flesh and blood of romantic interest."—Daily Telegraph.
9. THE EVOLUTION OF PLANTS
By Dr D. H. Scott, M.A., F.R.S., late Hon. Keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory, Kew. (Fully illustrated.) "The information is as trustworthy as first-hand knowledge can make it. . . . Dr Scott's candid and familiar style makes the difficult subject both fascinating and easy."—Gardeners' Chronicle.