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1. THE EVOLUTION OF SEX. By Professor PATRICK GEDDES and J. ARTHUR 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.

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IV. PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION.

Illustrated.

By P. MANTEGAZZA.

"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.

VIII. SANITY AND INSANITY. By Dr. CHARLES MERCIER. Illustrated.

"Taken as a whole, it is the brightest book on the physical side of mental science published in our time."-Pall Mall Gazette.

IX. HYPNOTISM. By Dr. ALBERT MOLL. Second Edition.

"Marks a step of some importance in the study of some difficult physiological and psychological problems which have not yet received much attention in the scientific world of England."-Nature.

X. MANUAL TRAINING. By Dr. C. M. WOODWARD, Director of the Manual Training School, St. Louis. Illustrated.

"There is no greater authority on the subject than Professor Woodward."― Manchester Guardian.

XI. THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES. By E. SIDNEY HARTLAND. "Mr. Hartland's book will win the sympathy of all earnest students, both by the knowledge it displays, and by a thorough love and appreciation of his subject, which is evident throughout."-Spectator.

XII. PRIMITIVE FOLK. BY ELIE RECLUS.

"For an introduction to the study of the questions of property, marriage, government, religion,-in a word, to the evolution of society,-this little volume will be found most convenient."-Scottish Leader.

XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. By Professor LETOURNEAU.

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Among the distinguished French students of sociology, Professor Letourneau has long stood in the first rank. He approaches the great study of man free from bias and shy of generalisations. To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business."-Science.

XIV. BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS. By Dr. G. SIMS WOODHEAD. Illustrated.

"An excellent summary of the present state of knowledge of the subject."— Lancet.

XV. EDUCATION AND HEREDITY. By J. M. GUYAU.

"It is at once a treatise on sociology, ethics, and pædagogics. It is doubtful whether among all the ardent evolutionists who have had their say on the moral and the educational question any one has carried forward the new doctrine so boldly to its extreme logical consequence."-Professor SULLY in Mind.

XVI. THE MAN OF GENIUS. By Professor LOMBROSO. Illustrated.

"By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts and generalisations concerning genius which has yet been brought together."Journal of Mental Science.

XVII. THE GRAMMAR OF SCIENCE. By KARL PEARSON, M.A., Gresham Professor of Geometry. Illustrated.

"The problems discussed with great ability and lucidity, and often in a most suggestive manner, by Prof. Pearson, are such as should interest all students of natural science."-Natural Science.

XVIII. PROPERTY: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. By Professor LETOURNEAU.

"M. Letourneau has read a great deal, and he seems to us to have selected and interpreted his facts with considerable judgment and learning."-West

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minster Review.

XIX. VOLCANOES: PAST AND PRESENT. By EDWARD HULL, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. With 45 1llustrations.

"A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes."-Nature.

XX. PUBLIC HEALTH. By Dr. J. F. J. SYKES. With numerous

Illustrations.

"Takes up essential points in evolution, environment, prophylaxis, and sanitation bearing upon the preservation of public health."-Lancet.

XXI. MODERN METEOROLOGY.

With 112 Illustrations.

By FRANK WALDO, Ph.D., etc.

"The present volume is the best on the subject for general use that we have seen."-Daily Telegraph.

XXII. THE GERM-PLASM: A THEORY OF HEREDITY. By Dr. A. WEISMANN. Illustrated.

"There has been no work published since Darwin's own books which has brought to light so many new facts."-British Medical Journal.

XXIII. INDUSTRIES OF ANIMALS. By F. HOUSSAY. Illustrated.

"His accuracy is undoubted, yet his facts out-marvel all romance. These facts are here made use of as materials where with to form the mighty fabric of evolution."-Manchester Guardian.

XXIV. MAN AND WOMAN: A STUDY OF HUMAN SECONDARY
SEXUAL CHARACTERS. BY HAVELOCK ELLIS. With Illustrations.
"This striking and important volume should place Mr. Havelock Ellis
in the first rank of scientific thinkers of the time."-Westminster Review.
XXV. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM. A STUDY OF
MACHINE PRODUCTION. By JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A. With Diagrams.
XXVI. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE: OR, THE
COMMUNICATION OF SENSATIONS, IDEAS, AND EMOTIONS OTHERWISE
THAN BY THE KNOWN SENSES. BY FRANK PODMORE. Illustrated.

EDITED BY HAVELOCK ELLIS.

THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES.

OF

FAIRY TALES.

AN INQUIRY INTO FAIRY MYTHOLOGY.

2.

BY

EDWIN SIDNEY HARTLAND,

FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

LONDON:

WALTER SCOTT,

24, WARWICK LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1891.

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