A Century of Science, and Other Essays by John Fiske

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Author Fiske, John, 1842-1901
LoC No. 00000048
Title A Century of Science, and Other Essays
Contents A century of science -- The doctrine of evolution; its scope and purport -- Edward Livingston Youmans -- The part played by infancy in the evolution of man -- The origins of liberal thought in America -- Sir Harry Vane -- The arbitration treaty -- Francis Parkman -- Edward Augustus Freeman -- Cambridge as village and city -- A harvest of Irish folk-lore -- Guessing at half and multiplying by two -- Forty years of Bacon-Shakespeare folly -- Some cranks and their crochets.
Credits Produced by David Garcia, Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe,
Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading
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Language English
LoC Class AC: General Works: Collections, Series, Collected works, Pamphlets
Subject Science -- History
Subject Evolution
Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Authorship
Subject Folklore -- Ireland
Subject Arbitration (International law)
Subject Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887
Subject Vane, Henry, Sir, 1613-1662
Subject Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893
Subject Freeman, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1823-1892
Subject Cook, Joseph, 1838-1901
Subject Cambridge (Mass.) -- Description and travel
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