Editions Le Mono: 218 books

The phrase "Research in Medicine" will naturally arouse different thoughts and associations in the minds of different groups of men. The bacteriologist will be reminded of Pasteur, Koch, Behring and Flexner and the triumphs of bacteriology and serum-therapy; the surgeon, of Lister and antisepsis,...

"The relation between modern civilized life and insanity cannot be regarded as finally determined while a marked difference of opinion exists in regard to it among those who have studied the subject; nor can this difference be wondered at by anyone who has examined the data upon which a conclusion...

This book presents the Increase and Movement of the Colored Population in the History of United States. The problem of races in the United States is one of growing interest and of great practical moment; that of the colored race, especially at the present time, is full of significance in its social and political aspects...

Philosopher and theologian, Henry More used the details of the mechanical philosophy to demonstrate the existence of God. "The last thing I insisted upon was the Specific nature of the Soul of Man, how it is an Immaterial Substance indued with these two eminent Properties, of Understanding,...

As the love of life is generally acknowledged to be the strongest instinct of the human mind, how could we explain the voluntary death or suicide? This book presents works about the problem of suicide and factors influencing it. Contents : - A Study of Suicide - Suicide and the...

One of the problems which has been definitely set for psychologists to solve during the twentieth century is the cause of the almost universal desire for alcohol. It is a curious fact that in the thousands and hundreds of thousands of books, articles and writings of every description relating to the...

Quels sont les effets et les causes de la peur chez les êtres sensibles, qui tous, à des degrés divers, semblent capables de ressentir cette émotion protectrice ? Ce traité répond à cette question et analyse les signes de la peur et les phénomènes physiques qui l’accompagnent.

Katherine Mansfield’s life was short but her poetry and story deep. All those who saw her say she was beautiful woman. She seems very slender, with a round face, large deep eyes. Like a child — like her stories. All her life (and in her work) she had divided everything into "the loveliness...

Victor Hugo was a great poet, dramatist and romance-writer. The precocious eloquence and ardor of his early works made him famous before his time. That Victor Hugo was one of the greatest poets and writers ever born into the world, anyone of his works would amply suffice to prove. This book presents the story of the life of Victor Hugo and his interesting poems.

Harry D. Kytson, Ph.D., was professor of psychology at Indiana University. The kindly reception accorded to the first edition of this book has confirmed him in his conviction that such a book was needed, and has tempted him to bestow additional labor upon it. "Educational leaders are seeing...

What is an Instinct? Instinct is usually defined as the faculty of acting in such a way as to produce certain ends, without foresight of the ends, and without previous education in the performance. "Every instinct is an impulse. Whether we shall call such impulses as blushing, sneezing, coughing,...

"A man’s power of increasing happiness depends both directly and indirectly on his fitness for the occupations of his life." The object of these papers is to show what sort of moral law is likely to arise, and what law appears to have arisen and to be in progress of formation, when the...

Tahiti is situated in South Latitude 17°40' and West Longitude 149° 25'. In other words, upon the opposite side of the world from the middle of Africa, and nearly at the center of the Pacific Ocean. In outline, it is figure-8 shaped, being a twin island, consisting of two oval land masses joined...

What the scientists announce about the big one is very terrifying. They say that a high magnitude earthquake will hit California in the following months or years. It can happen anytime. It will cause a massive tsunami that would devastate Los Angeles and San Francisco. Areas that will not be devastated...