COISTTENTS. 



ESTHETIC. 



PAGE 



I. Mont Blanc and the Mer de Glace, . . 13 



II. Ascent of Mont Blanc, _ . _ . . 59 



III. The Beautiful, 100 



CHRONOLOGICAL. 



IV. The Old Age of Continents, _ . . .122 

 V. Obliterated Continents, _ - - - . 134 



VI. A Grasp of Geologic Time, . - - . 152 



CLIMATIC. 



VII. Geological Seasons, 175 



VIII. The Climate of the Lake Region, . _ 200 



IX. Mammoths and Mastodons, , . . . . 234 



HISTORICAL. 



X. Salt Enterprise in Michigan, . . _ 255 



XL A Remarkable Maori Manuscript, _ . _ 282 



PHILOSOPHICAL. 



XII. The Genealogy of Ships, _ _ _ - 301 



XIII. Huxley and Evolution, 319 



XIV. Grounds and Consequences of Evolution, . 332 

 XV. The Metaphysics of Science, _ _ . . 358 



