This working manual for students is divided into seven parts: Nature and import of sociology; Social evolution; Socialization and social control; Social ideals; Social pathology, dealing with practical subjects such as charity, poverty, crime, social degeneration; Methods of investigation; and History of sociology, in which are brought out the ideas found in the works of Spencer, Gumplowicz, Schaeffle, Lilienfeld, Mackenzie, Tarde, Le Bon, Letourneau, De Greef, Giddings, Small, Ward, Ross, Ely, Mill, Malthus, Warner, Henderson and others.
[*] “The chief merit of the book from the theoretical side is that it gives an intelligent statement of the view-points of all the leading sociological writers. The chief merit from the practical side is that it touches upon a variety of vital and interesting problems in such a way as to tempt the student to go forward and specialize. The style of the book is easy, and free from any ambitious flights or phrasing, but clear and agreeable.” Jerome Dowd.
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Blackmore, Richard D. [Lorna Doone.] $1.25. Crowell.
This tale of the deeds of the outlaw Doones sheltered in the depths of the Bagworthy Forest appears in new dress almost every year. Here the reader has it in handy volume form, bound in limp leather, with clear type and thin paper.
Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander, eds. [Philippine islands, 1493-1898.] 55 v. ea. [*]$4. Clark, A. H.
The purpose of these 55 volumes is to set forth as briefly as possible from original sources the whole history of the Philippine islands and their people, that all who are interested in their future may be able to form their own opinions with a full understanding of the conditions that exist to-day and that have existed since the discovery of the islands. To this end the volumes are mainly devoted to exact translations from rare original manuscripts, Spanish, French, Italian, Latin, etc., illustrated with facsimiles of manuscripts, portraits, maps, and views. There is an analytical index, and notes and an historical introduction have been provided by Edward Gaylord Bourne, and special contributions by well known scholars and bibliographers. The whole covers the history of the islands from their discovery to the present time, including explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history, and records of the Catholic missions as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the end of the nineteenth century.
“The work of the editors has ... shown steady improvement. The translating staff is, ... as nearly as one may judge without having the original texts for comparison, doing more effective work than at the beginning.” James A. Le Roy.