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I

Rustic Sounds

1

II

Francis Galton

13

III

The Movement of Plants

36

IV

A Lane in the Cotswolds

55

V

Jane Austen

61

VI

The Education of a Man of Science

78

VII

The Pipe and Tabor

97

VIII

Stephen Hales

115

IX

Nullius in Verba

140

X

Sir George Darwin

152

XI

War Music

195

XII

The Teaching of Science

201

XIII

Picturesque Experiments

210

XIV

Dogs and Dog Lovers

219

Plate

Pipe and Tabor

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