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The Contemporary Science Series.
Edited by Havelock Ellis.
I. THE EVOLUTION OF SEX. By Prof. Patrick Geddes and J. A. Thomson. With 90
Illustrations. Second Edition.
“The authors have brought to the task—as indeed their names guarantee—a wealth of knowledge, a lucid and attractive method of treatment, and a rich vein of picturesque language.”—Nature.
II. ELECTRICITY IN MODERN LIFE. By G. W. DE Tunzelmann. With 88 Illustrations.
“A clearly-written and connected sketch of what is known about electricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications, and the principles on which they are based.”—Saturday
Review.
III. THE ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS. By Dr. Isaac Taylor. Illustrated. Second Edition.
“Canon Taylor is probably the most encyclopædic all-round scholar now living. His new volume on the Origin of the Aryans is a first-rate example of the excellent account to which he can turn his exceptionally wide and varied information.... Masterly and exhaustive.”—Pall Mall
Gazette.
IV. PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION. By P. Mantegazza. Illustrated.
“Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latest researches.... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life and spirit, and the natural attractiveness of his subject is not destroyed by his scientific handling of it.”—Literary World (Boston).
V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. By J. B. Sutton, F.R.C.S. With 135 Illustrations.
“The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations of disease for medical reference.”—Journal of Mental Science.
VI. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY. By G. L. Gomme. Illustrated.
“The fruit of some years of investigation on a subject which has of late attracted much attention, and is of much importance, inasmuch as it lies at the basis of our society.”—Antiquary.
VII. THE CRIMINAL. By Havelock Ellis. Illustrated.
“An ably written, an instructive, and a most entertaining book.”—Law Quarterly Review.
“The sociologist, the philosopher, the philanthropist, the novelist—all, indeed, for whom the
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