CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



MATTER. 



Prof- Grove on Matter. Locke. Bishop Berkeley. Two classes of atoms. 

 Male and Female Atoms. Matter on Earth. Prof. Tyndall on 

 Matter. Prof. W. A Norton on one kind of Force Law of repulsion. 

 Vestiges of Creation on Matter. Frascr's Magazine on Matter. 

 Analogy between language and two classes of Atoms 1 5 



CHAPTER II. 



MATTER AND ITS FORCE. 



Atomagnetism. What Prof. Huxley would like to know. Matter and 

 motion. Erery Atom a Magnet. Law of Atoms. Like attracts 

 Like. Unlike poles attract. Atomagnetism the law of attraction 

 and repulsion. Examples. Experiments with filings. How Atoms 

 combine their Polarity. Herbert Spencer's Philosophy. His Foun- 

 dation loosened 6 9 



CHAPTER III. 



MINERAL LIFE. 



Minerals not dead. Mineral life a low form of vegetable and animal Life. 

 Iron filings have life. Compass needle has life. Philosopher's 

 tree. Coral. Candy. Mineral life. Atomagnetism. Atoms of 

 lead, sugar, and coral, Magnets. Greater always influences the less. 

 Explanations of Philosopher's Tree. Cause of beautiful forms 

 in snow flakes. . , 10 11. 



CHAPTER IV. 



r VEGETABLE LIFE. 



Origin of Life. Spontaneous generation. Sir William Thomson on seed 

 bcariiiir Metoors. Cornhill Magazine. Atomagnetism. No seed 

 required. Railway Cuttings. Clover. How a plant jrrows without 

 a seed. Scriptim- proof rot it. Scuds rot Hardwood and soft- 

 wood Forests. Darwin's " Origin of Species " overthrown. 

 Thousands of plants in the first creation New plants with every 

 change of soil and climate. Present theory of plant life. How a 

 cell develops Absurdity of plants breathing. Why roots and 

 branches spread. Experiments to prove the reason. Why a tree 

 does not grow in winter 12 18. 



