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The Athenaeum. — “ This is a most encouraging book. When we remember the sort of work that did duty for a popular history of England thirty, and even twenty, years ago, the progress achieved gives every cause for satisfaction." The Times. — “ Its publication is an enterprise remarkable even in these days of cheap books. . . . The book is well-proportioned and accurate, its narrative is smooth and pleasant, the little character sketches are often neat and happy,” THE PEOPLE’S BOOKS A GREAT LIBRARY (102 VOLS. ALREADY ISSUED) OF BOOKS, SPECIALLY CONTRIBUTED BY LIVING SPECI- ALISTS, DESIGNED TO BRING MODERN KNOWLEDGE WITHIN THE REACH OF ALL 6 CLOTH D. net List of 102 Volumes already Issued 6 CLOTH D. net j. The Foundations of Science. By VV. C. D. Whetham, M.A. а. Etnbryologry — The Beginnings of Life. By Prof. Gerald Leighton, M.D. 3. Biology. By Prof. W. D. Henderson, M.A. 4. Zoology : The Study of Animal Life. By Prof. E. W. MacBride, M.A. 5. Botany : The Modem Study of Plants. By M. C. Stopes, D. Sc. , Ph.D., F.L.S. б. Bacteriology. By W. E. Carnegie Dickson, M.D. 7. The Structure of the Earth. By Prof. T. G. Bonney, Sc. D., F.R.S. 8. Evolution. By E. S. Goodrich, M.A., F.R.S. 10. Heredity. By J. A. S. Watson, B.Sc. 11. Inorganic Chemistry. By Prof. E. C. C. Baly, F.R.S. 12. Organic Chemistry. By Prof. J. B. Cohen, B.Sc., F.R.S. 13. The Principles of Electricity. By Norman R. Campbell, M.A. 14. Radiation. By P. Phillips, D.Sc. 15. The Science of the Stars. By E. W. Maunder, F.R.A.S. 16. The Science of Light. By P. Phillips, D.Sc. 17. Weather Science. By R. G. K. Lempfert, M.A. 18. Hypnotism and Self-Education. By A. M. Hutchison, M.D. 19. The Baby : A Mother’s Book. By a University Woman, ao. Youth and Sex — Dangers and Safeguards for Boys and Girls. By Mary Scharlieb, M.D., M.S., and F. Arthur Sibly, M.A., LL.D. 31. Marriage and Motherhood. By H. S. Davidson, M.B. 22. Lord Kelvin. By A. Russell, M.A., D.Sc., M.I.E.E. 23. Huxley. By Prof. G. Leighton, M.D. 24. Sir William Huggins and Spectroscopic Astronomy. By E. W. Maunder, F.R.A.S., of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. 26. Henri Bergson. By H. Wildon Carr. 27. Psychology. By H. J. Watt, M.A., Ph.D., D.Phil. 28. Ethics. By Canon Rashdall, D.Litt., F. B.A. 29. Kant’s Philosophy. By A. D. Lindsay, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford. 32. Roman Catholicism. By H. B. Coxon. Preface, Mgr. R. H. Benson. 33. The Oxford Movement. By Wilfrid Ward. 34. The Bible and Criticism. By W. H. Bennett, D.D., Litt.D., and W. F. Adeney, D.D. 36. The Growth of Freedom. By H. W. Nevinson. 37. Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire. By Prof. F. M. Powicke. 38. Oliver Cromwell. By Hilda Johnstone, M.A. 39. Mary Queen of Scots. By E. O’Neill, M.A. 40. Cecil John Rhodes, 1853-1902. By Ian D. Colvin. 41. Julius Caesar. By Hilary Hardinge. 42. England in the Making. By Prof. F. J. C. Hearnshaw, M.A., LL.D. 43. England in the Middle Ages. By E. O’Neill, M.A. 44. The Monarchy and the People. By W. T. Waugh, M.A. 45. The Industrial Revolution. By Arthur Jones. 46. Empire and Democracy. By G. S. Veitch, M.A., Litt.D. 47. Women’s Suffrage. By M. G. Fawcett, LL.D. 51. Shakespeare. By Prof. C. H. Herford, Litt.D. 52. Wordsworth. By Rosaline Masson. 53. Pure Gold— A Choice of Lyrics and Sonnets. By H. C. O'Neill. 54. Francis Bacon. By Prof. A. R. Skemp, M.A.

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