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 DELPHI

By Dr. FREDERIK POULSEN (Danish)

Translated by G. C. RICHARDS

With a Preface by Prof. PERCY GARDNER

Crown 4to, Cloth 21s. net This important archsological work by the Keeper of the Classical Department of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, is based on a lengthy stay at Delphi in 1907, and is copiously illustrated by photographs.

"A scholarly and attractive account . . . highly interesting . . . illustrated with good photographs." — Spectator.

"An admirable guide. . . . Everyone in England who has visited or wished to visit Delphi will welcome Dr. Poulsen's book." — Westminster Gazette.

"This magnificent book . . . will be enormously prized by every scholar and Hellenist among us." — Bookman.

"He writes with the enthusiasm of an archaeologist, the discrimination of a historian, the suggestiveness of an expert in mythology, religion and philosophy. . . . The book is an invaluable addition to our knowledge of Greek mythology and archseology." — Southport Guardian.

THE UNITY OF SCIENCE

By Dr. JOHAN HJORT, F.R.S. (Norwegian) 6s. net

Aims at a critical comparison of scientific methods of thought, with special reference to the relations between biology and the " exact sciences " of chemistry and physics.

"Interesting and valuable . . . original and striking . . . should be read and studied by all thinking men and women." — Education.

"For the plain man this is a disturbing book. It suggests the unification of science by the breaking down of the barriers between the biological and the physical branches. . . . We shall probably hear more of this view." — Journal of Education.

"Its appeal is to everyone with an intellectual interest ; a thoughtful book, provocatire of thought, with an individual attitude." — Glasgow Herald.

THE SECOND DANISH PAMIR EXPEDITION

By Dr. OVE PAULSEN (Danish)

Vol. I. Studies in the Vegetation of the Transcaspian Lowlands, 191 2 .. .. 5s.net

Vol. II. Studies in the Vegetation of Pamir, 1920 7s. 6d. net

These two volumes, issued originally in English by Gyldendal, Copenhagen (1912 and 1920 respectively), can now be obtained from the London Branch. They provide a report of the botanical results of the expedition, with chapters on the climate, structure, and geology of these little-known regions, which will be of interest to botanists and explorers alike. Illustrated from photographs.