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Platonics: A Study.

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ARRHENIUS, PROF. SVANTE: (Nobel Inst., Stock

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The various theories concerning the Evolution of the Universe, which have been advanced from the earliest times down to the present day, are here lucidly set forth and criticised.

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Worlds in the Making: The Evolution of Translated by DR. H. BORNS. Profusely (Post free, 6s. 5d.)

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GERTRUDE.

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Thirds. A Novel.

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YSCOUGH, JOHN.-Admonition.

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AKER, JOSEPH B.-How to Understand Electrical Work. (See ONKEN, W. H.)

BAKER, RAY STANNARD.-The Boy's Book of

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The Enchanted Typewriter. A Sequel to "A Houseboat on the Styx.' With Illustrations by PETER NEWELL. 12mo, cloth. 2S.

The Genial Idiot.

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Ghosts I have Met, and Some Others. With 23 Illustrations. 12mo, cloth. 2S.

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Being Seven Tales of the
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BECKER, PROF. C. H. (Colonial Inst., Hamburg).

Christianity and Islam. Translated by Rev. H. J. CHAYTOR, M.A., Headmaster of Plymouth College. (Harper's Library of Living Thought.) Fcap. 8vo, gilt tops, decorative covers. Cloth, 2s. 6d. net; leather, 3s. 6d. net. (Post free, 2s. 9d. and 3s. 9d.)

A study of the similarities, differences, and the interaction of ideas between the two schools of religious thought, and the discussion of the possibility of a Moslem expansion.

EECHER, REV. HENRY WARD.-The Life of
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This is an artistic edition of two of the most beautiful and inspiring of the Rev. H. W. Beecher's sermons. It is a presentation of the life of Christ, both from the external point of view, as seen by the men of His time, both Pharisees and Publicans, and from the internal, as the greatest moral force the world has ever known.

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