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MIND IN THE LOWER ANIMALS IN HEALTH AND DISEASE. By W. Lauder Lindsay, M. D., F. R. S. E., etc. 2 vols., 8vo. Cloth, $4.00.
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“In this work—two volumes of over 500 pages—Dr. Lindsay marshals a proportionately large number of facts against those philosophers who maintain that the intelligence of man differs in kind and not simply in degree from that of the lower animals. It is one purpose of his book to show that the main differences between man and the lower animals exist rather in their physical than in their mental structure. In this way of thinking, all animals possess not the semblance of, but the true substance of mind and will.”—New York World.
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THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. By N. T. Lupton, LL. D., Professor of Chemistry in Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. 18mo. Cloth. Price, 45 cents.
A GLOSSARY OF BIOLOGICAL, ANATOMICAL, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL TERMS. By Thomas Dunman. Small 8vo. Cloth. 161 pages. Price, $1.00.
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