———?——— | BOOK I.—WINTER. | | | CHAP. | | PAGE | | I. | What may be Seen in the Heavens:— | | | The Number of the Stars, | 4 | | The Great Bear and the Little Bear, | 8 | | Orion, | 13 | | Diurnal Movement, | 15 | | Determination of the Cardinal Points, | 17 | | II. | What may be Seen upon the Earth:— | | | The Snow, | 32 | | Red Snow, | 39 | | The Eternal Snow, | 44 | | The Inhabitants of the Eternal Snows, | 48 | | The Arvicola Leucurus, | 49 | | The Marmot, | 53 | | The Chamois, | 56 | | The Eagle and the Wren, | 57 | | The Snow Bunting, | 66 | | The Red-billed Crow, | 68 | | Reptiles, | 70 | | Inferior Animals, | 71 | | Herbaceous Plants which best endure the Cold of Winter, | 75 | | The Dog Mercury, | 77 | | The Garden Nightshade, | 82 | | The Dog's-tooth Grass, | 88 | |
| | | BOOK II.—SPRING. | | | I. | What may be Seen in the Heavens:— | | | The Earth's Figure is seen in the Sky as in a Mirror, | 102 | | II. | What may be Seen on the Earth:— | | | Causes of the Circulation of the Sap, | 132 | | The Daisy, | 138 | | The Tulip, | 152 | | The Heliotrope, | 156 | | The Anemones, | 157 | | The Arum, | 161 | | The RanunculaceÆ, | 165 | | The Wood-louse, | 169 | | The Dragon-flies, | 174 | |
| | | BOOK III.—SUMMER. | | | I. | What may be Seen in the Heavens:— | | | The Adumbrated Sphere, | 191 | | II. | What may be Seen on the Earth:— | | | The Perianth, | 208 | | The Calyx, | 208 | | The Corolla, | 223 | | The Prunella, | 230 | | The Scutellaria, | 235 | | The Lilies, | 241 | | | The Gentians, | 250 | | An Alpine Excursion, | 256 | | The Pimpernel, | 260 | | The Mole—The Staphylinus—The Mole Cricket, | 265 | | The Earwig, | 278 | |
| | | BOOK IV.—AUTUMN. | | | I. | What may be Seen in the Heavens:— | | | The Circle, and the uniform Movement of the Stars (according | | to the Theory of the Ancients destroyed by Kepler), | 289 | | The Solar Constitution, | 292 | | Result of recent Astronomical Researches, | 296 | | II. | What may be Seen on the Earth:— | | | Chemical action of Light, | 312 | | Action of Heat, | 313 | | Arable Land, | 318 | | Mushrooms or Agarics, | 325 | | The Number of Vegetable Species distributed over the whole | | Surface of the Globe, | 337 | | The Harvest Bug, | 349 | | The Cheese Mite, | 354 | | The Number of Animal Species distributed over the whole | | | Surface of the Globe, | 356 | | What is Chlorophyll? | 366 | | Carnations and Pinks, | 371 | | The Eglantine and the Convolvulus, | 379 | | Metamorphosis: a Physico-philosophical Meditation, | 384 | | | | | Appendix, | | 405 |
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