CONTENTS 
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The Epistle to the Reader : : : : : : 3 ; i 
PART I.—LEEUWENHOEK 
The Life of Antony van Leeuwenhoek . 5 ‘ : eS) 
PARRY i— THe. LITTLE ANIMALS ” 
Chapter 1.—The First Observations on “ Little Animals ”’ 
(Protozoa and Bacteria) in Waters . : : ; . 109 
Chapter 2.—EHpilogue to Letter 18. Further Observations 
on the Free-living Protozoa and Bacteria . : . WOK 
Chapter 3.—The First Observations on Entozoic Protozoa 
and Bacteria ; ; : : é : : ‘ aly! 
Chapter 4.—The Later Observations on Free-living Protozoa 256 
Elucidations and Annotations 
(i) Leeuwenhoek’s name : : : : ; 3° 300 
(ii) Leeuwenhoek’s language ’ ; , : : 305 
(iii) Leeuwenhoek’s microscopes and microscopical mations 313 
(iv) Leeuwenhoek’s dwelling . , , eas 
(v) Leeuwenhoek’s draughtsmen . : ; : ‘ . 342 
(vi) The portraits of Leeuwenhoek : : ‘ . 3846 
(vii) Leeuwenhoek’s “ first 27 unpublished eee: ig : . 306 
(viii) Leeuwenhoek’s seals : : ; , ; 359 
Envoy : Leeuwenhoek’s Place in Protozoology and Bacteriology . 362 
Short List of Leeuwenhoek’s Writings . : : : : . 888 
Other References and Sources . ; ‘ : : : ‘ . 398 
Acknowledgements. : ' : ‘ ; : é : . 423 
Index , ‘ A ; ; ' : ; : ; : . 426 
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