FIFTY YEARS IN RETROSPECT. CANADA, 1882-1932. de The Royal Society of Canada. (Lawrence Burpee, Sir Robert Falconer, Chanoine Emile Chartier, Aegidius Fauteux, Gustave Lanctot, Lorne Pierce, Chester Martin, Diamond Jenness, R.H. Coats, O.D. Skelton, A. Norman Shaw, J.C. Fields, F.M.G. Johnson, et al - 1932

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1932. 179 pp, 10 1/2" H. Teal cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Contents: Introduction; The Intellectual Life of Canada as Reflected in Its Royal Society; La Litterature au Canada Francais; Cinquante Ans d'Histoire au Canada Francais; Retrospective d'Economie Sociale au Canada Francais; English Canadian Literature; Fifty Years of Canadian History; Fifty Years of Archaeology in Canada; Fifty Years of Statistical Progress; Fifty Years of Political and Economic Science in Canada; Presidential Address - Section III, Including an Account of the Progress of Physics in Canada; The Royal Society of Canada and Canadian Mathematics; Chemistry and the Royal Society of Canada; Fifty Years of Canadian Astronomy; Some Aspects of the Geological Studies of the Canadian Shield; Fifty Years of Pleistocene Geology in Canada; The Growth of Theories of the Formation of Ore Deposits in the Last Fifty Years; Trends in Fifty Years of Canadian Stratigraphy; Mineralogy in Canada; The Development of Zoology in Canada; Progress in Fisheries Research in Canada; The Development of Physiology and Biochemistry in Canada; The Development of Pathology and Bacteriology in Canada in the Last Fifty Years; Clinical Medicine and the Royal Society; A Sketch of the Past Fifty Years of Canadian Botany. A small lightly erased pencil notation on front pastedown at hinge, a few tiny foxing marks at top of front inside hinge, very light soiling to top/bottom of text block, very small dent and scuff on rear board, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, very light edge wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.