A nineteenth-century scientific survey of fungi, written as accessible essays. It describes their nature, structure, classification, and practical uses, offering a window into early mycology and the ways fungi were understood in Cooke's time.
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THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. VOLUME XV. THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES. Works already Published. I. THE FORMS OF WATER IN RAIN AND RIVERS, ICE AND GLACIERS. By J. TYNDALL, LL.D., F.R.S. With 26 Illustrations. Price, $1.50. II. PHYSICS AND POLITICS; OR, THOUGHTS ON THE АРРИ ICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF “NATURAL SELECTION” AND “INHERITANCE” TO POLITICAL SOCIETY. By WALTER BAGEHOT. Price, $1.50. III. FOODS. By DR. EDWARD SMITH. Illustrated. Price, $1.75. IV. MIND AND BODY: THE THEORIES OF THEIR RELATIONS. By ALEXANDER BAIN, LL.D. Price, $1.50. V. THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY. By HERBERT SPENCER. Price, $1.50. VI. THE NEW CHEMISTRY. By PROFESSOR JOSIAH P. СООКЕ, of Harvard University. Illustrated. Price, $2.00.
VII. ON THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY. By PǡLjżŧǪǪLjǡ BĵƯżLjǼǡ Sǵŧ΅ĵǡǵ. Fourteen Engravings. Price, $1.50. VIII. ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; Ljǡ, WĵƯƫƗƿƄ, S΅ƗƽƽƗƿƄ, ĵƿŠ FƯΏƗƿƄ. By Dǡ. J. B. PŧǵǵƗƄǡŧ΅, M.D., F.R.S. 119 Illustrations. Price, $1.75. IX. RESPONSIBILITY IN MENTAL DISEASE. By Dǡ. HŧƿǡΏ MĵǼŠǪƯŧΏ. Price, $1.50. X. THE SCIENCE OF LAW. By PǡLjżŧǪǪLjǡ SƒŧƯŠLjƿ AƽLjǪ. Price, $1.75. XI. ANIMAL MECHANISM; Ljǡ, AŮǡƗĵƯ ĵƿŠ TŧǡǡŧǪǵǡƗĵƯ LLjŕLjƽLjǵƗLjƿ. By C. J. MĵǡŧΏ, Professor of the College of France, Member of the Academy of Medicine, Paris. 117 Engravings. Price, $1.75. XII. HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE. By JLjƒƿ W. DǡĵǙŧǡ, M.D., LL.D. Price, $1.75. XIII. THE DOCTRINE OF DESCENT AND DARWINISM. By OǪŕĵǡ SŕƒƽƗŠǵ, Professor in the University of Strasburg. Price, $1.50. XIV. THE CHEMISTRY OF LIGHT AND PHOTOGRAPHY; Ɨƿ ƗǵǪ AǙǙƯƗŕĵǵƗLjƿ ǵLj Aǡǵ, SŕƗŧƿŕŧ, ĵƿŠ IƿŠǼǪǵǡΏ. By Dǡ. Hŧǡƽĵƿƿ VLjƄŧƯ. One Hundred Illustrations. (In press.) XV. FUNGI; ǵƒŧƗǡ NĵǵǼǡŧ, IƿflǼŧƿŕŧ, ĵƿŠ UǪŧǪ. By M. C. CLjLjƫŧ, M.A., LL.D. Edited by Rŧ΄. M. J. BŧǡƫŧƯŧΏ, M.A., F.L.S. With 109 Illustrations. (In press.) XVI. OPTICS. By PǡLjżŧǪǪLjǡ LLjƽƽŧƯ, University of Erlangen. (In press.)
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