IV. Scientific and Medical.
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THE LIFE OF ELIE METCHNIKOFF. By Olga Metchnikoff. Translated by Mrs. R. L. Devonshire.
Frontispiece. Demy 8vo.
Reviewing the French edition of this book in January 1921, The Times Literary Supplement said: “Madame Metchnikoff’s excellent analysis of her husband’s scientific theories does not hinder her from showing us the living, the lovable, the extraordinary human being who conceived so many ideas, who developed so many theories, inventions, innovations.... Mme. Metchnikoff has made us admire the man of science and warmly the man.”
THE LIFE OF PASTEUR. By Réné Vallery-Radot. Translation by Mrs. R. L. Devonshire. New Edition with a preface by Sir William Osler, Bart., M.D., F.R.S. 2nd edition.
Demy 8vo. Portrait. 10s. 6d. net.
“A classic of scientific biography.”—Saturday Review.
“The translation of M. Vallery-Radot’s admirable biography of the great Frenchman is a book which every English-speaking admirer of Pasteur will desire to possess.”—The Athenæum.
“Pasteur’s career is set out in the fullest detail, making an absorbing narrative, and the scientific, social, and political environment is sketched with vivid accuracy. It is the picture of a great man, a great career, and a great epoch in the history of France and of science.”—The Times Literary Supplement.
SIR VICTOR HORSLEY. By Stephen Paget. Foreword by Lady Horsley.
Illustrated. Demy 8vo. 21s. net.
“All the aspects of Horsley’s strenuous life are depicted with the writer’s accustomed sympathy and skill. Mr. Paget has given us a study of absorbing interest.... We are never allowed to lose sight of the restless energy and indomitable courage that characterised all that Horsley undertook.”—British Medical Journal.
“No biographer who agreed with Horsley could have given us anything so valuable, so convincing, so vitally defined.... Mr. Paget has never had an equal as a medical biographer, and here he has excelled himself.”—The Observer.
LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOSEPH BLACK, M.D. By Sir William Ramsay, K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S., etc. Introduction by F. G. Donnan, F.R.S.
Demy 8vo. Frontispiece Portrait and Illustrations. 6s. 6d. net.
ROBERT BOYLE: A Biography. By Flora Masson.
Frontispiece. Demy 8vo. 7s. 6d. net.
“May be recommended as an excellent study of the great Irishman to whose services as natural philosopher and chemist even modern scientists owe a debt of gratitude.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
THE LIFE OF SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT. By Charles Bright, F.R.S.E. Revised and Abridged.
Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
“The life story of Sir Charles Bright presents the career of a famous Englishman with all the charm of simplicity and enthusiasm.... As the chief engineer of the Atlantic cable Sir Charles Bright will always have a memorable place in the scientific progress of this century.... These volumes possess a special interest for men of science, but they tell with clearness and simplicity the career of a man of whom Englishmen must always feel proud.”—Morning Post.
[Spring 1921.]
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