Note: The notes at the end of the book were originally referenced by page number. I have instead inserted numbers within the text in the format [xx] and cross-referenced these to the appropriate notes.—D.L.

Edited, with introduction and notes by Ada L. F. Snell Associate
Professor Of English Mount Holyoke College
Riverside College Classics Copyright 1909

CONTENTS

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION

I — THE LIFE OF HUXLEY

II — SUBJECT-MATTER, STRUCTURE, AND STYLE

III — SUGGESTED STUDIES IN SUBJECT-MATTER, STRUCTURE, AND STYLE

THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY — AUTOBIOGRAPHY [1]
ON THE ADVISABLENESS OF IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE [19]
A LIBERAL EDUCATION [49]
ON A PIECE OF CHALK [57]
THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF EDUCATION [76]
THE METHOD OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION [86]
ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE [92]
ON CORAL AND CORAL REEFS [110]
NOTES

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

ON THE ADVISABLENESS OF IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE (1866)

A LIBERAL EDUCATION (1868)

ON A PIECE OF CHALK

THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF EDUCATION (1882)

THE METHOD OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION (1863)

ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE (1868)

ON CORAL AND CORAL REEFS (1870)

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