EDITORIAL BOARD
LIST OF VOLUMES
CONTENTS
LIST OF COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS
ANIMALS, BIRDS, AND FISHES BY DAVID STARR JORDAN , LL.D.
THE WONDER OF LIFE (From His Science Primer, Introduction.) By PROFESSOR, T.- H. HUXLEY .
LIFE GROWTH; FROGS (From A Song of Life.) By MARGARET WARNER MORLEY . [1]
THE MAN-LIKE APES (From Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature.) By PROFESSOR T.- H. HUXLEY .
SOME STRANGE NURSERIES (From Nature's Workshop.) By GRANT ALLEN .
HOW ANIMALS SPEND THE WINTER (From Gleanings from Nature.) [2] By W.- S. BLATCHLEY .
BIRDS' NESTS (From Wake Robin.) [3] By JOHN BURROUGHS .
BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO AGRICULTURE (From the Proceedings of
THE SCISSOR BEAK (From A Journal of Researches, Etc.) By CHARLES DARWIN.
THE CONDOR (From A Journal of Researches, Etc.) By CHARLES DARWIN.
THE UMBRELLA BIRD (From Travels on the Amazon.) By SIR A.- R. WALLACE .
HUMMING BIRDS (From The Naturalist in Nicaragua.) By THOMAS G. BELT , F.G.S.
THE FOUNDATIONS OF A WONDERFUL CITY (From The Life of the
WASPS (From The Naturalist in Nicaragua.) By THOMAS G. BELT , F.G.S.
A WASP AND ITS PREY (From The Instincts and Habits of the
LEAF-CUTTING ANTS (From The Naturalist in Nicaragua.) By THOMAS G. BELT , F.G.S.
SOME WONDERFUL SPIDERS (From A Journal of Researches, etc.) By CHARLES DARWIN.
WHAT I SAW IN AN ANT'S NEST (From Facts and Fictions of ZoOlogy.) By ANDREW WILSON .
THE WILD LLAMA (From A Journal of Researches, etc.) By CHARLES DARWIN.
BATS (From Studies of Animated Nature.) By W.- S. DALLAS, F.L.S.
HOW SNAKES EAT (From Snakes.) By CATHERINE C. HOPLEY .
WHAT WORMS DO (From The Formation of Vegetable Mould.) By CHARLES DARWIN.
TWO FOPS AMONG THE FISHES (From Gleanings From Nature.) [7] By W.- S. BLATCHLEY .
SEA-SLUGS AND CUTTLE-FISH (From A Journal of Researches.) By CHARLES DARWIN.
THE COW-FISH (From Travels on the Amazon.) By SIR ALFRED RUSSELL WALLACE .
OLD RATTLER AND THE KING SNAKE [8] By DAVID STARR JORDAN .
THE STORY OF A STRANGE LAND (From Science Sketches.) [9] By
THE COLORS OF ANIMALS (From Chapters in Popular Natural
PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES IN SPIDERS By ELIZABETH G. PECKHAM. [10]
THE BATH OF THE BIRDS By RICHARD JEFFERIES .
THE LOON (From Walden.) By HENRY D. THOREAU .
THE DARTMOOR PONIES, OR THE WANDERINGS OF THE HORSE TRIBE (From
NOTES
NATURAL HISTORY SUGGESTIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS Days Out
SELECTIONS FROM THE CHOICEST LITERATURE OF ALL LANDS:
FOLK-LORE, FAIRY TALES, FABLES, LEGENDS, NATURAL
HISTORY, WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA AND SKY,
ANIMAL STORIES, SEA TALES, BRAVE DEEDS,
EXPLORATIONS, STORIES OF SCHOOL
AND COLLEGE LIFE, BIOGRAPHY,
HISTORY, PATRIOTIC
ELOQUENCE,
POETRY
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