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A century of science and other essays /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, [1899]
Subjects:
Youmans, Edward Livingston, > 1821-1887.
Vane, Henry, > Sir, > 1613-1662.
Parkman, Francis, > 1823-1893.
Freeman, Edward A. > (Edward Augustus), > 1823-1892.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Authorship.
Cook, Joseph, > 1838-1901.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616.
Science > History.
Evolution.
Arbitration (International law)
Cambridge (Mass.) > Description and travel.
Folklore > Ireland.
Sciences > Histoire.
Authorship.
Folklore.
Science.
Travel.
Ireland.
Massachusetts > Cambridge.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Century of science
  • Doctrine of evolution : its scope and purport
  • Edward Livingston Youmans
  • Part played by infancy in the evolution of man
  • Origins of liberal thought in America
  • Sir Harry Vane
  • Arbitration treaty
  • Francis Parkman
  • Edward Augustus Freeman
  • Cambridge as village and city
  • Harvest of Irish folk-lore
  • Guessing at half and multiplying by two
  • Forty years of Bacon Shakespearefully
  • Some cranks and their crochets.