A century of science and other essays
By: by John Fiske ...
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin co.
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Boston; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Evolution; Description and travel; Folklore; Authorship; Science; Arbitration (International law); History
Table of contents: title: Century of science.; title: Doctrine of evolution; its scope and purport.; title: Edward Livingston Youmans.; title: Part played by infancy in the evolution of man.; title: Origins of liberal thought in America.; title: Sir Harry Vane.; title: Arbitration treaty.; title: Francis Parkman.; title: Edward Augustus Freeman.; title: Cambridge as village and city.; title: Harvest of Irish folk-lore.; title: Guessing at half and multiplying by two.; title: Forty years of Bacon Shakespearefully.; title: Some cranks and their crochets.