Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. The Wanderings of Peoples by Alfred Cort Haddon was first published in 1911 and reissued as this corrected edition in 1912. The text contains a survey of the trends in human migration, offering information on their main causes and effects.
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. The Moral Life by W. R. Sorley was first published in 1911 and reissued as this third edition in 1920. The volume presents an account of the nature of goodness in humanity, taking the perspective that morality is a spirit manifested in life rather than a body of rules.
Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Mysticism in English Literature by C. F. E. Spurgeon was first published in 1913. Beginning with a precise definition of the term mysticism, Spurgeon looks at the ways in which mystical thought influenced many of England's finest writers on questions of love, beauty, nature, philosophy and religion.
