By Joseph McCabe
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER II. THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER III. THE BIRTH AND DEATH OF WORLDS
CHAPTER IV. THE PREPARATION OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER V. THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
CHAPTER VI. THE INFANCY OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER VII. THE PASSAGE TO THE LAND
CHAPTER VIII. THE COAL-FOREST
CHAPTER IX. THE ANIMALS OF THE COAL-FOREST
CHAPTER X. THE PERMIAN REVOLUTION
CHAPTER XI. THE MIDDLE AGES OF THE EARTH
CHAPTER XII. THE AGE OF REPTILES
CHAPTER XIII. THE BIRD AND THE MAMMAL
CHAPTER XIV. IN THE DAYS OF THE CHALK
CHAPTER XV. THE TERTIARY ERA
CHAPTER XVI. THE FLOWER AND THE INSECT
CHAPTER XVII. THE ORIGIN OF OUR MAMMALS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
CHAPTER XIX. MAN AND THE GREAT ICE-AGE
CHAPTER XX. THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION
CHAPTER XXI. EVOLUTION IN HISTORY