 ... proceeds as it has begun, it will more than fulfil the promise given to the reading public in its prospectus. The first volume, by Professor Tyndall, was a model of lucid and attractive scientific- exposition ; and now we have a second, by Mr. Walter...  First Book of Zoölogypor Edward Sylvester Morse - 1875 - 190 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Hermann Wilhelm Vogel - 1875 - 338 páginas
...exposition ; and now we have a second, by Mr. Walter Bagehot, which is not only very lucid and charming, but also original and suggestive in the highest degree....having given but a sorry account of it in these brief paiagraphs. But wo hope we have said enough to commend it to the attention of the thoughtful leader."... | |
 | 1873 - 788 páginas
...very lucid and charming, but also original and suggestive in the highest degree. Nowhere, perhaps, since the publication of Sir Henry Maine's Ancient...suggested in the course of a couple of hundred pages. The principal aim of Mr. Bagehot's book is to point out some of the conditions essential to progress... | |
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