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This book provides an overview of mathematical concepts, focusing on the fundamental ideas behind the science rather than technical procedures. It covers topics ranging from variables, symbolism, and geometry to calculus and the periodicity of nature.

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IORIAN AGE. By G. K- CHESTERTON. ENGLISH COMPOSITION. By Prof. WM. T. BREWSTER. GREA T WRITERS OF RUSSIA. By C. T. HAGBERG WRIGHT, LL.D. THE LITERATURE OF GERMANY. By Prof. J. G. ROBERTSON,

M.A., Ph.D. SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE. By T. C.

SNOW, M.A.

Science

  1. MODERN GEOGRAPHY

By Dr MARION NEWBIGIN. (Illustrated.) "Geography, again: what a dull, tedious study that was wont to be I . . . But Miss Marion Newbigin invests its dry bones with the flesh and blood of romantic interest, taking stock of geography as a fairy-book of science." Daily Telegraph.

  1. 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 as first-band knowledge can make it. ... Dr Scott's candid and familiar style makes the difficult subject both fascinating and easy." Gardeners' Chronicle.

  1. HEALTH AND DISEASE

By W. LESLIE MACKKNZIE, 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.

1 8. INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICS

' By A. N. WHITEHEAD, Sc.D., F.R.S. (With Diagrams.) "MrWhitehead has discharged with conspicuous success the task he is so exceptionally qualified

I 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.

  1. THE ANIMAL WORLD

By Professor F. W. GAMBLE, D.Sc., F.R.S. With Introduction hy Sir Oliver Lodge. (Many Illustrations.) " A delightful and instructive epitome of animal (and vegetable) life. ... A most fascinating and suggestive survey." Morning Post.

  1. EVOLUTION

By Professor J. ARTHUR THOMSON and Professor PATRICK GEDDES. "A many-coloured and romantic panorama, opening up, like no other book we know, a rational vision of world-development." Belfast News-Letter.

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