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| Prof. J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A. | |||
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| "The highly ingenious, attractive, and suggestive series of shilling books which now makes its bow to the public under the Home University Library's ensign is the symbol, in some respects of a revival, in others of a new era, in bibliology. In either case it is a symptom both of health and of hope in the future.… Each volume represents a three-hours' traffic with the talking-power of a good brain, operating with the ease and interesting freedom of a specialist dealing with his own subject … A series which promises to perform a real social service."—The Times.
"With the growth of popular education of all grades, it was natural to believe that there are a very large number of men and women of all ages to whom such a series as this would be a priceless boon and comfort.… The immediate discovery of a large, highly intelligent public, with ideas and criticisms of its own, is an invaluable reward to the public spirit that has inspired this undertaking, and a sign of great encouragement to all who are interested in the liberal education of the State."—The Nation. "We can think of no series now being issued which better deserves support."—The Observer. "Certainly no publishing enterprise of our time is more remarkable or better deserving of success."—Manchester Guardian. "These dainty, vivid little books lend a new attraction to the acquisition of useful knowledge. Bright, spirited, and infallibly direct in their appeal, they should prove a treasure-house of inexhaustible value to those who are unable to afford expensive encyclopædias and weighty scientific treatises. For here is the world's learning in little, and none too poor to give it house-room!"—Daily Telegraph. | |||
| History and Geography |
3. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
By Hilaire Belloc, M.A. (With Maps.) "It is coloured with all the militancy of the author's temperament."—Daily News.
4. HISTORY OF WAR AND PEACE
By G. H. Perris. The Rt. Hon. James Bryce writes: "I have read it with much interest and pleasure, admiring the skill with which you have managed to compress so many facts and views into so small a volume."
8. POLAR EXPLORATION
By Dr W. S. Bruce, F.R.S.E., Leader of the "Scotia" Expedition. (With Maps.) "A very freshly written and interesting narrative."—The Times. "A fascinating book."—Portsmouth Times.
10. THE OPENING-UP OF AFRICA
By Sir H. H. Johnston, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., D.Sc, F.Z.S. (With Maps.) "The Home University Library is much enriched by this excellent work."—Daily Mail.
13. MEDIÆVAL EUROPE
By H. W. C. Davis, M.A. (With Maps.) "A good specimen of the work of the modern historian."—Christian World. "One more illustration of the fact that it takes a complete master of the subject to write briefly upon it."—Manchester Guardian.
14. THE PAPACY & MODERN TIMES (1303–1870)
By the Rev. Wm. Barry, D.D. "The Papacy," says the author in his preface, "was for hundreds of years suzerain over kings, and the Holy Roman Empire was its armed defender. It is now the head of a world-wide voluntary association which wields no sword but its faith. How so remarkable a transformation came to pass and what it means politically is my subject."
23. HISTORY OF OUR TIME, 1885–1911
By G. P. Gooch, M.A. "Mr Gooch contrives to breathe vitality into his story, and to give us the flesh as well as the bones of recent happenings."—Observer.
25. THE CIVILISATION OF CHINA
By H. A. Giles, LL.D., Professor of Chinese in the University of Cambridge. "In all the mass of facts, Professor Giles never becomes dull. He is always ready with a ghost story or a street adventure for the reader's recreation."—Spectator.
29. THE DAWN OF HISTORY
By J. L. Myres, M.A., F.S.A., Wykeham Professor of Ancient History, Oxford. "There is not a page in it that is not suggestive."—Manchester Guardian.
33. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND:
A Study in Political Evolution.
By A. F. Pollard, M.A., Professor of English History in London University. With a Chronological Table.
34. CANADA
By A. G. Bradley, Author of "The Making of Canada," etc. The story of the Dominion brought down to the morrow of the elections of 1911.
37. PEOPLES & PROBLEMS OF INDIA
By Sir T. W. Holderness, K.C.S.I., Secretary of the Revenue, Statistics, and Commerce Department of the India Office.
42. ROME
By W. Warde Fowler, M.A., Author of "Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero," "Life of Julius Cæsar," etc.
In Preparation
ANCIENT GREECE. By Prof. Gilbert Murray, D.Litt. LL.D., F.B.A.
ANCIENT EGYPT. By Dr F. L. Griffith, M.A., F.R.S.
A SHORT HISTORY OF EUROPE. By Herbert Fisher, M.A., F.B.A.
THE REFORMATION. By Principal Lindsay, LL.D.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RUSSIA. By Prof. Milyoukov.
MODERN TURKEY. By D. G. Hogarth, M.A.
THE EVOLUTION OF CITIES. By Prof. Patrick Geddes, M.A.
| Literature and Art |
2. SHAKESPEARE
By John Masefield. "The book is a joy. We have had half-a-dozen more learned books on Shakespeare in the last few years, but not one so wise."—Manchester Guardian.
27. ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN
By G. H. Mair, M.A. "Altogether a fresh and individual book."—Observer.
35. LANDMARKS IN FRENCH LITERATURE
By G. L. Strachey.
39. ARCHITECTURE
By Prof. W. R. Lethaby. With over forty Illustrations.
In Preparation
ENGLISH LITERATURE: MEDIÆVAL. By Prof. W. P. Ker, M.A.
ANCIENT ART AND RITUAL. By Miss Jane Harrison, LL.D., D.Litt.
THE RENAISSANCE. By Mrs R. A. Taylor.
ITALIAN ART OF THE RENAISSANCE. By Roger E. Fry, M.A.
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. By L. Pearsall Smith, M.A.
ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By Prof. Wm. T. Brewster.
GREAT WRITERS OF AMERICA. By Prof. W. P. Trent and Prof. J. Erskine.
GREAT WRITERS OF RUSSIA. By C. T. Hagberg Wright, LL.D.
THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY. By Prof. J. G. Robertson, M.A., Ph.D.
| Philosophy and Religion |
15. MOHAMMEDANISM
By Prof. D. S. Margoliouth, M.A, D.Litt. "This generous shilling's worth of wisdom. . . . A delicate, humorous, and most responsible tractate by an illuminative professor."—Daily Mail.
40. THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY
By the Hon. Bertrand Russell, F.R.S.
In Preparation
THE OLD TESTAMENT. By Prof. George Moore, D.D., LL.D.
BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. By R. H. Charles, D.D.
THE MAKING OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. By Prof. B. W. Bacon, Litt.D., D.D.
COMPARATIVE RELIGION. By Prof. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt.
A HISTORY OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT. By Prof. J. B. Bury, LL.D.
ETHICS. By G. E. Moore.
BUDDHISM. By Mrs Rhys Davids, M.A.
NONCONFORMITY AND THE FREE CHURCHES. By Principal Selbie, 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, taking stock of geology as a fairy-book of science."—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 which the book provides is as trustworthy a first-hand knowledge can make it. . . . Dr Scott's candid and familiar style makes the difficult subject both fascinating and easy."—Gardeners' Chronicle.
17. HEALTH AND DISEASE
By W. Leslie Mackenzie, M.D., Local Government Board, Edinburgh. "The science of public health administration has had no abler or more attractive exponent than Dr Mackenzie. He adds to a thorough grasp of the problems an illuminating style, and an arresting manner of treating a subject often dull and sometimes unsavoury."—Economist.
18. INTRODUCTION to MATHEMATICS
By A. N. Whitehead, Sc.D., F.R.S., (with Diagrams.) "Mr Whitehead has discharged with conspicuous success the task he is so exceptionally qualified to undertake. For he is one of our great authorities upon the foundations of the science, and has the breadth of view which is so requisite in presenting to the reader its aims. His exposition is clear and striking."—Westminster Gazette.
19. THE ANIMAL WORLD
By Professor F. W. Gamble, D.Sc., F.R.S., (Many Illustrations.) "For the thoughtful and philosophically minded student at the present day," says Sir Oliver Lodge, in his Introduction to this volume, "such a book is most timely and helpful. . . . I am glad to have the opportunity of commending the series to that increasing number of readers who are hungry for trustworthy and assimilable information."
20. EVOLUTION
By Professor J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., and Professor Patrick Geddes. This volume, which, as the Manchester Guardian says, "is in its survey the most comprehensive of those devoted to Science, and is in a sense the key to them all," summarises the facts of Variation and Heredity, Selection, Function, and Environment, and the chief Evolution theories, and concludes with an important "re-interpretation" of the development process.
22. CRIME AND INSANITY
By Dr C. A. Mercier, F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Author of "Text-Book of Insanity," etc. "Furnishes much valuable information from one occupying the highest position among medico-legal psychologists."—Asylum News.
28. PSYCHICAL RESEARCH
By W. F. Barrett, F.R.S., Professor of Physics, Royal College of Science, Dublin, 1873–1910. "As a former President of the Psychical Research Society, he is familiar with all the developments of this most fascinating branch of science, and thus what he has to say on thought-reading, hypnotism, telepathy, crystal-vision, spiritualism, divinings, and so on, will be read with avidity."—Dundee Courier.
31. ASTRONOMY
By A. R. Hinks, M.A., Chief Assistant, Cambridge Observatory. "Original in thought, eclectic in substance, and critical in treatment. . . . No better little book is available."—School World.
32. INTRODUCTION TO SCIENCE
By J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., Regius Professor of Natural History, Aberdeen University. "For those who have not yet become possessed of the Library, this would form an appropriate introduction. Professor Thomson's delightful literary style is well known; and here he discourses freshly and easily on the methods of science and its relations with philosophy, art, religion, and practical life."—Aberdeen Journal.
36. CLIMATE AND WEATHER
By H. N. Dickson, D.Sc. Oxon., M.A., F.R.S.E., President of the Royal Meteorological Society; Professor of Geography in University College, Reading. (With Diagrams.)
41. ANTHROPOLOGY
By R. R. Marett, M.A., Reader in Social Anthropology in Oxford University.
In Preparation
ELECTRICITY. By Dr. Gisbert Kapp.
MATTER AND ENERGY. By F. Soddy, M.A., F.R.S.
CHEMISTRY. By Prof. R. Meldola, F.R.S.
THE MAKING OF THE EARTH. By Prof. J. W. Gregory, F.R.S.
THE MINERAL WORLD. By Sir T. H. Holland, K.C.I.E., D.Sc.
THE PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOLOGY. By Prof. J. G. McKendrick.
THE HUMAN BODY. By Dr A. Keith, M.D., F.R.C.S.
PSYCHOLOGY. By Prof. Wm. McDougall, M.A.
PLANT LIFE. By Prof. J. B. Farmer, F.R.S.
| Social Science |
1. PARLIAMENT
Its History, Constitution, and Practice. By Sir Courtenay P. Ilbert, K.C.B., K.C.S.I., Clerk of the House of Commons. "The best book on the history and practice of the House of Commons since Bagehot's 'Constitution.'"—Yorkshire Post.
5. THE STOCK EXCHANGE
By F. W. Hirst, Editor of "The Economist." "A little treatise which to an unfinancial mind must be a revelation.… The book is as clear, vigorous, and sane as Bagehot's 'Lombard Street,' than which there is no higher compliment."—Morning Leader.
6. IRISH NATIONALITY
By Mrs J. R. Green, "As glowing as it is learned. No book could be more timely."—Daily News. "A powerful study.… A magnificent demonstration of the deserved vitality of the Gaelic spirit."—Freeman's Journal.
10. THE SOCIALIST MOVEMENT
By J. Ramsay MacDonald, M.P. "Admirably adapted for the purpose of exposition."—The Times. "Mr MacDonald is a very lucid exponent.... The volume will be of great use in dispelling illusions about the tendencies of Socialism in this country."—The Nation.
16. THE SCIENCE OF WEALTH
By J. A. Hobson, M.A. "Mr J. A. Hobson holds an unique position among living economists.... The text-book produced is altogether admirable. Original, reasonable, and illuminating."—The Nation.
21. LIBERALISM
By L. T. Hobhouse, M.A., Professor of Sociology in the University of London. "A book of rare quality.... We have nothing but praise for the rapid and masterly summaries of the arguments from first principles which form a large part of this book."—Westminster Gazette.
24. THE EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRY
By D. H. Macgregor, M.A., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Leeds. "A volume so dispassionate in terms may be read with profit by all interested in the present state of unrest."—Aberdeen Journal.
30. ELEMENT OF ENGLISH LAW
By W. M. Geldart, M.A., B.C.L., Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford. "Contains a very clear account of the elementary principles underlying the rules of English law, and we can recommend it to all who wish to become acquainted with these elementary principles with a minimum of trouble."—Scots Law Times.
38. THE SCHOOL
An introduction to The Study of Education.
By J. J. Findlay, M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Education in Manchester University.
In Preparation
CONSERVATISM. By Lord. Hugh Cecil, M.A., M.P. (Vol. 11.)
AGRICULTURE. By Professor W. Somerville. (Vol. 26.)
PRACTICAL IDEALISM. By Maurice Hewlett.
ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. By Prof. S. J. Chapman.
COMMON SENSE IN LAW. By Prof. P. Vinogradoff, D.C.L.
THE CIVIL SERVICE. By Graham Wallas, M.A.
MISSIONS. By Mrs Creighton.
NEWSPAPERS. By G. B. Dibblee.
ENGLISH VILLAGE LIFE. By E. N. Bennett, M.A.
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