CONTENTS 



PREFACE iii 



INTRODUCTION 



The Life of Huxley iv 



Subject-matter, Structure, and Style of Essays . . xviii 

 Suggested Studies ........ xxi 



AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1 



ON IMPROVING NATURAL KNOWLEDGE 15 



A LIBERAL EDUCATION 35 



ON A PIECE OF CHALK 44 



THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECTS OF EDUCATION . . . .73 

 THE METHOD OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION ... 85 



ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFK 95 



ON CORAL AND CORAL REEFS 115 



NOTES . i 



This edition is published by permission of and special 

 arrangement with Messrs. D. Appleton and Company, the 

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