CONTENTS 



OMNIPRESENCE OF LIFE. George Henry Lewes .... 1285 

 THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. Thomas H. Huxley ..... 1296 



THE FOUR CLASSES. Baron Cuvier . . 1301 



DEEP SEA FAUNA. Lord Kelvin . 1304 



"THE MIMIC FIRES OF OCEAN." G. Clarke Nuttall . . . 1320 

 THE JELLY-FISH AND OTHER HYDROZOA. P. Martin Duncan 1324 



FISHES. Andrew Wilson 1337 



WONDERS OF THE SHORE. Charles Kingsley . . ... 1357 



CRABS, PRAWNS, AND LOBSTERS. Philip Henry Gosse . . . 1374 

 REPTILES. Peter Mark Roget ......... 1379 



THE CLASSIFICATION AND ORIGIN OF INSECTS. Lord Avebury 1401 

 INSECTS: THEIR WINGS, STINGS, EARS, AND EYES. Philip 



Henry Gosse ... . . . 1425 



FAIRY FLIES. Fred. Enock . . . . * . . . . . 1449 



INSECT TRANSFORMATIONS. Andrew Wilson 1458 



STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE. Charles Darwin ..... 1464 

 NATURAL SELECTION. Charles Darwin . 1482 



MAMMALIA. Baron Cuvier 1513 



ZOOLOGICAL ZONES. Sir Richard Owen ....... 1520 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. William Hughes 1535 

 CETACEA. Peter Mark Roget 1561 



HUNTING AND FISHING OF ANIMALS. Fre'de'ric Houssay . . 1565 



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