CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I. PAGE 



The Starting-Point 3 



CPI AFTER II. 

 World-Making 9 



CHAPTER III. 

 The Imperfection of the Geological Record ... 39 



CHAPTER IV. 

 The History of the North Atlantic 57 



CHAPTER V. 

 The Dawn of Life 95 



CHAPTER VI. 

 What may be Learned from Eozoon 135 



CHAPTER VII. 

 The Apparition and Succession of Animal FoRxMS . . 169 



CHAPTER VIIL 

 The Genesis and Migrations of Plants .... 201 



CHAPTER IX. 

 The Growth of Coal 233 



