vi CONTENTS. 



PART II. 



ON THE GENERAL NATURE AND ADVANTAGES OF THE STUDY 

 OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



CHAP. I. 



Introductory Remarks What Natural History is, — in a 



general Sense, and as now restricted. — Division of the Sub- 

 ject. — Reflections on Nature and Art. — Distinctions, and 

 Object of the Study - - - Page 93 



CHAP. II. 



Natural History viewed in its Connection with Religion. — 

 As a Recreation. — As affecting Commerce and the economic 

 Purposes of Life. — As important to Travellers - 107 



PART III. 



OF THE PRINCIPLES ON WHICH NATURAL HISTORY RELIES FOR 

 ITS SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION, AND THE CONSIDERATIONS BY 

 WHICH THE NATURAL SYSTEM MAY DE DEVELOPED. 



CHAP. I. 



On the Dismissal of Prejudice - - - 152 



CHAP. II. 



On the Principles on which Natural History, as a Branch of 

 Physical Science, is to be studied - - - 1 65 



CHAP. III. 



On Arrangements generally; and on those Considerations 

 which should form the Basis of every Attempt to classify 

 Objects according to the System of Nature - - 188 



