The Adventures of a Grain of Dust

About this eBook

Author

Hawksworth, Hallam, 1863-

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Cathy Maxam, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Physical geography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38066

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38066

Release Date

November 20, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ADVENTURES OF A GRAIN OF DUST
2. 2.JUST A WORD
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE ADVENTURES OF A GRAIN OF DUST
6. 6.CHAPTER I — THE LITTLE OLD MAN OF THE ROCK — I. How Little Mr. Lichen Discovered the World — II. The March of the Trees
7. 7.CHAPTER II — SOME EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR BONES — I. Mr. Dinosaur and His Neighbors — II. How the Monsters Died and Returned to Dust
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE WINDS AND THE WORLD'S WORK — I. Such Clouds of Dust! — II. The Dust Mills of the Wind — III. The Storm Ploughs of the Wind
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE BOTTOM-LANDS — I. The March Dust and the April Rains — II. The Raindrops and the River Mills — III. How the Rivers Act as Bankers for the Farmers and the Sea
10. 10.CHAPTER V — WHAT THE EARTH OWES TO THE EARTHWORM — I. The Cities of Worms — II. The Mind of the Earthworm — III. The Mill of the Earthworm
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE LITTLE FARMERS WITH SIX FEET — I. Considering the Ant — II. The Termites and their Towers of Babel — III. The House that Mrs. Mason Built
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — FARMERS WITH FOUR FEET — I. Mr. Mole and His Relations — II. Four-Footed Farmers That Wear Armor — III. A Visit to Some Farm Villages — IV. The Home of the Red Fox — V. Work and Play in Chipmunkville
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — WATER FARMERS WHO HELP MAKE LAND — I. The Turtle People — II. The Crab Family — III. The Stranger That Made London Laugh — IV. The Beavers
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — FARMERS WHO WEAR FEATHERS — I. Feathered Farmers with Queer Noses — II. Under the Oven-Bird's Friendly Roof — III. The Mound-Builders — IV. THE SWALLOWS
15. 15.CHAPTER X — THE BUSY FINGERS OF THE ROOTS — I. All in the Day's Work — II. Mr. Root's Presence of Mind
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE AUTUMN STORES AND THE LONG WINTER NIGHT — I. Little Granaries under the Ground — II. Mr. Vole and His Root Cellar — III. The Long Winter Sleep — IV. Mr. Ground-Hog and His Shadow
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE DUST — I. The Lord of Creation — II. The School of the Woods and Fields — III. The World Brotherhood
18. 18.INDEX — FOOTNOTES:

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