Life of a Scotch Naturalist: Thomas Edward, Associate of the Linnean Society. / Fourth Edition

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PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

FAUNA OF BANFFSHIRE.

ILLUSTRATIONS

LIFE OF A NATURALIST.

CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS.

CHAPTER II. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLMASTERS.

CHAPTER III. APPRENTICESHIP.

CHAPTER IV. RUNS AWAY FROM HOME.

CHAPTER V. RESUMES WORK.

CHAPTER VI. SETTLES AT BANFF.

CHAPTER VII. NIGHT WANDERERS.

CHAPTER VIII. FORMS A NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION.

CHAPTER IX. EXHIBITS HIS COLLECTION IN ABERDEEN.

CHAPTER X. RESUMES HIS FORMER HABITS.

CHAPTER XI. BEGINS TO PUBLISH HIS OBSERVATIONS.

CHAPTER XII. RAMBLES AMONGST BIRDS.

CHAPTER XIII. LITERATURE AND CORRESPONDENCE.

CHAPTER XIV. BY THE SEA-SHORE.

CHAPTER XV. DISCOVERIES AMONG THE CRUSTACEA.

CHAPTER XVI. DISCOVERIES AMONGST ZOOPHYTES, MOLLUSCS, AND FISHES.

CHAPTER XVII. ANTIQUITIES KITCHEN-MIDDENS.

CHAPTER XVIII. CONCLUSION.

THE FAUNA OF BANFFSHIRE.

SELECTIONS FROM THE FAUNA OF BANFFSHIRE,

LIFE OF A SCOTCH NATURALIST



LIFE
OF
A SCOTCH NATURALIST

THOMAS EDWARD
ASSOCIATE OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

By SAMUEL SMILES
AUTHOR OF ‘LIVES OF THE ENGINEERS,‘ ‘SELF-HELP,’ ‘CHARACTER,’
‘THRIFT,’ ETC.




PORTRAIT AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE REID, R.S.A.



Fourth Edition



LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1877

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