CONTENTS 



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1. Science and the Study of Nature . . . i 



2. The Desire to Know the World of Nature . . 3 



3. Scares and Wonders ..... 5 



4. Work at the Pasteur Institute ... 9 



5. The Sea Serpent ...... 10 



6. Giraffes and the Okapi . . . . .11 



7. The Great Geologists of Last Century . . 14 



8. Experiments with Precious Stones . . .19 



9. Diamonds . . ... 23 



10. Science and Fisheries ..... 27 



11. Discoveries as to Malaria .... 29 



12. Malta Fever ...... 34 



13. A Cure for Sleeping Sickness . . . .36 



14. Tsetse-Flies and Disease . . . .38 



15. Monkeys and Fleas . . . . .41 



1 6. The Jigger Flea ...... 42 



17. Public Estimate of the Value of Science . . 43 



1 8. The Common House-fly and Others . 45 



19. Cerebral Inhibition ..... 48 



20. Colour-photography and Photographs of Mars . 49 



21. Origin of Names by Errors in Copying . . 50 



22. False News as to Extinct Monsters . . .51 



23. Mistletoe and Holly ..... 52 



