CONTENTS
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
CHAPTER I THE SIX
CHAPTER II THE FAIRY TALE AND THE TRUE STORY
CHAPTER III THE BUILDING OF THE CITY
CHAPTER IV THE COWS
CHAPTER V THE SHEEPFOLD
CHAPTER VI THE WILY DERVISH
CHAPTER VII A NUMEROUS FAMILY
CHAPTER VIII THE OLD PEAR-TREE
CHAPTER IX THE AGE OF TREES
CHAPTER X THE LENGTH OF ANIMAL LIFE
CHAPTER XI THE KETTLE
CHAPTER XII METALS
CHAPTER XIII METAL PLATING
CHAPTER XIV GOLD AND IRON
CHAPTER XV THE FLEECE
CHAPTER XVI FLAX AND HEMP
CHAPTER XVII COTTON
CHAPTER XVIII PAPER
CHAPTER XIX THE BOOK
CHAPTER XX PRINTING
CHAPTER XXI BUTTERFLIES
CHAPTER XXII THE BIG EATERS
CHAPTER XXIII SILK
CHAPTER XXIV THE METAMORPHOSIS
CHAPTER XXV SPIDERS
CHAPTER XXVI THE EPEIRA'S BRIDGE
CHAPTER XXVII THE SPIDER'S WEB
CHAPTER XXVIII THE CHASE
CHAPTER XXIX VENOMOUS INSECTS
CHAPTER XXX VENOM
CHAPTER XXXI THE VIPER AND THE SCORP ION
CHAPTER XXXII THE NETTLE
CHAPTER XXXIII PROCESSIONARY CATERPILLARS
CHAPTER XXXIV THE STORM
CHAPTER XXXV ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER XXXVI THE EXPERIMENT WITH THE CAT
CHAPTER XXXVII THE EXPERIMENT WITH PAPER
CHAPTER XXXVIII FRANKLIN AND DE ROMAS
CHAPTER XXXIX THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING-ROD
CHAPTER XL EFFECTS OF THE THUNDERBOLT
CHAPTER XLI CLOUDS
CHAPTER XLII THE VELOCITY OF SOUND
CHAPTER XLIII THE EXPERIMENT WITH THE BOTTLE OF COLD WATER
CHAPTER XLIV RAIN
CHAPTER XLV VOLCANOES
CHAPTER XLVI CATANIA
CHAPTER XLVII THE STORY OF PLINY
CHAPTER XLVIII THE BOILING POT
CHAPTER XLIX THE LOCOMOTIVE
CHAPTER L EMILE'S OBSERVATION
CHAPTER LI A JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER LII THE EARTH
CHAPTER LIII THE ATMOSPHERE
CHAPTER LIV THE SUN
CHAPTER LV DAY AND NIGHT
CHAPTER LVI THE YEAR AND ITS SEASONS
CHAPTER LVII BELLADONNA BERRIES
CHAPTER LVIII POISONOUS PLANTS
CHAPTER LIX THE BLOSSOM
CHAPTER LX FRUIT
CHAPTER LXI POLLEN
CHAPTER LXII THE BUMBLE-BEE
CHAPTER LXIII MUSHROOMS
CHAPTER LXIV IN THE WOODS
CHAPTER LXV THE ORANGE-AGARIC
CHAPTER LXVI EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER LXVII SHALL WE KILL THEM BOTH?
CHAPTER LXVIII THE THERMOMETER
CHAPTER LXIX THE SUBTERRANEAN FURNACE
CHAPTER LXX SHELLS
CHAPTER LXXI THE SPIRAL SNAIL
CHAPTER LXXII MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND PEARLS
CHAPTER LXXIII THE SEA
CHAPTER LXXIV WAVES SALT SEAWEEDS
CHAPTER LXXV RUNNING WATERS
CHAPTER LXXVI THE SWARM
CHAPTER LXXVII WAX
CHAPTER LXXVIII THE CELLS
CHAPTER LXXIX HONEY
CHAPTER LXXX THE QUEEN BEE
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