PIONEERS OF PROGRESS (S.P.C.K.; THE MACMILLAN COMPANY)
Series Note: A series of concise introductory books published in during and after the Great War on significant figures in several fields: "Women"; "Empire Builders" (i.e. of the British Empire); and "Men of Science". Each field covered by series had its own editor. Each book contained a black-and-white frontispiece portrait and some also had black-and-white illustrations throughout, as well as a chronology, bibliography, etc. in the final pages.
WOMEN
Edited by Ethel M. Barton.
With several illustrations. Paper, 2s. 6d.; cloth, 3s. 6d.--net.
Florence Nightingale - E. F. Hall
Dorothea Beale - Elizabeth H. Shillito, B.A.
Elsie Inglis: The Woman with the Torch - E. H. McLaren.
EMPIRE BUILDERS
Edited by A. P. Newton, M.A., D.Litt., B.Sc., and W. Basil Worsfold, M.A.
With portrait. Paper cover, 1s.; cloth, 2s.--net.
Sir Francis Drake - Walter J. Harte, M.A.
Sir Robert G. Sanderman, K.C.S.I. - A. L. P. Tucker, C.I.E.
MEN OF SCIENCE
Edited by S. Chapman, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S.
With portrait. 7 1/4 x 5. Paper cover, 1s.; cloth, 2s.--net.
Archimedes - Sir Thomas L. Heath, K.C.B., F.R.S., etc.
Galileo - W. W. Bryant, F.R.A.S.
Michael Faraday - J. A. Crowther, D.Sc.
Alfred Russel Wallace - Lancelot T. Hogben, B.A., B.Sc.
Herschel - Hector Macpherson, F.R.A.S.
Joseph Priestley - D. H. Peacock.
Joseph Dalton Hooker - F. O. Bowler, Sc.D., F.R.S.
