Some Salient Points in the Science of the Earth

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. Page
The Starting-point	3
CHAPTER II.
World-making	9
CHAPTER III.
The Imperfection of the Geological Record	39
CHAPTER IV.
The History of the North Atlantic	57
CHAPTER V.
The Dawn of Life	95
CHAPTER VI.
What May Be Learned from Eozoon	135
CHAPTER VII.
The Apparition and Succession of Animal Forms	169
CHAPTER VIII.
The Genesis and Migrations of Plants	201
CHAPTER IX.
The Growth of Coal	233
CHAPTER X.
The Oldest Air-breathers	257
CHAPTER XI.
Markings, Footprints, and Fucoids	311
CHAPTER XII.
Pre-determination in Nature	329
CHAPTER XIII.
The Great Ice Age	345
CHAPTER XIV.
Causes of Climatal Change	363
CHAPTER XV.
The Distribution of Animals and Plants As Related to Geographical and Geological Changes	401
CHAPTER XVI.
Alpine and Arctic Plants in Connection With Geological History	425
CHAPTER XVII.
Early Man	459
CHAPTER XVIII.
Man in Nature	481

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