The Beauties Of Nature

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Author

Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913

Title

The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In

Credits

Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Physical geography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

28274

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28274

Release Date

March 8, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P. — F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PLATES
6. 6.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION
7. 7.CHAPTER I — INTRODUCTION — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER II — ON ANIMAL LIFE
9. 9.CHAPTER II — ON ANIMAL LIFE — GROWTH AND METAMORPHOSES — RUDIMENTARY ORGANS — MODIFICATIONS — COLOUR — COMMUNITIES — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER III — ON ANIMAL LIFE— continued
11. 11.CHAPTER III — ON ANIMAL LIFE— continued. — SLEEP — SENSES — SENSE OF DIRECTION — NUMBER OF SPECIES — IMPORTANCE OF THE SMALLER ANIMALS — SIZE OF ANIMALS — COMPLEXITY OF ANIMAL STRUCTURE — LENGTH OF LIFE — ON INDIVIDUALITY — ANIMAL IMMORTALITY — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER IV — ON PLANT LIFE
13. 13.CHAPTER IV — ON PLANT LIFE — SNAPDRAGON — FURZE, BROOM, AND LABURNUM — SWEET PEA — PRIMULA — THE NOTTINGHAM CATCHFLY — THE HEATH — BEES AND FLIES — PAST HISTORY OF FLOWERS — FRUITS AND SEEDS — LEAVES — AQUATIC PLANTS — ON HAIRS — INFLUENCE OF SOIL — ON SEEDLINGS — SLEEP OF PLANTS — BEHAVIOUR OF LEAVES IN RAIN — MIMICRY — ANTS AND PLANTS — INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS — MOVEMENTS OF PLANTS — IMPERFECTION OF OUR KNOWLEDGE — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER V — WOODS AND FIELDS
15. 15.CHAPTER V — WOODS AND FIELDS — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER VI — MOUNTAINS
17. 17.CHAPTER VI — MOUNTAINS — THE ORIGIN OF MOUNTAINS — VOLCANOES — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER VII — WATER
19. 19.CHAPTER VII — WATER — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER VIII — RIVERS AND LAKES — ON THE DIRECTIONS OF RIVERS — THE CONFLICTS AND ADVENTURES OF RIVERS — ON LAKES — ON THE CONFIGURATION OF VALLEYS — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER IX — THE SEA
22. 22.CHAPTER IX — THE SEA — SEA LIFE — THE OCEAN DEPTHS — CORAL ISLANDS — THE SOUTHERN SKIES — THE POLES — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER X — THE STARRY HEAVENS
24. 24.CHAPTER X — THE STARRY HEAVENS — THE MOON — THE SUN — THE PLANETS — MERCURY — VENUS — THE EARTH — MARS — THE MINOR PLANETS — JUPITER — SATURN — URANUS — NEPTUNE — ORIGIN OF THE PLANETARY SYSTEM — COMETS — SHOOTING STARS — THE STARS — NEBULÆ — FOOTNOTES:

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