xiv LIFE : OUTLINES OF GENERAL BIOLOGY 



PAGES 



Eyes — The Evolution of Sight — Photoptic Sense, without Eyes — 

 Eyes shining in Dark — Biology of Tears — The Hearing Ear — The 

 Sense of Balance — Sense of Direction — Biology of the Tongue — 

 Animal Hypnosis — Nature of Sleep — Awakening — Suspended Ani- 

 mation, various Degrees — The Seven Sleepers — The Quest for Food, 

 Twelve Methods — R61e of Bacteria — Vitamins — Other Everyday 

 Functions, illustrated, e.g. the Circulation of the Blood — The Spleen 

 — The Biology of Excretion — Excretion in Plants — Regulative 

 System and its Hormones. Illustrations of Plant Physiology — 

 Ascent of Sap — Movements of Plants — The Circulation of Nitrogen 

 — Chemistry in the Service of Biology — The Chemistry of the Animal 

 Body — Vitamins — Fermentation — Structure and Life of the Cell — 

 Chemical Processes within the Cell — ^The Cell-membrane — Anabolism 

 and Katabolism — Rhythm of the Cell — Tissue Culture — Colours and 

 Pigments — Uses of Colour — Organic Luminescence — Phagocytosis — 

 Bacteriophages — Immunity — Poisons — What is Life? 226-449 



CHAPTER IV 



REPRODUCTION AND SEX 



Modes of Reproduction — Advantages of Sexual Reproduction — 

 Nutrition and Reproduction — Adaptations in Reproduction — Rate of 

 Reproduction — Hormones and Reproduction — Illustrations of the 

 Problems of Reproduction — Telegony — Grafts and Chimaras — 

 Consanguinity — Periodicity in Reproduction — Fertility of Mule — 

 Parthenogenesis — Artificial Parthenogenesis — Sex Dimorphism — 

 The Sexes Contrasted — Theories of Sex Dimorphism — Development 

 and Evolution of Sex-characters — The Manoilov Test for Sex — 

 Parasitic Males — Courtship among Animals — Courtship of Spiders in 

 particular — Sex-behaviour in Birds — The Determination of Sex — 

 Accessory Chromosomes — A Physiological Theory of Sex — Control 

 of Sex — Reversal of Sex — Parasitic Castration — General Theory of 

 Sex — Parental Care — Education in Animals — Diflferent Forms of 

 Family — Monogamous and Polygamous Animals — Paternal Care — 

 Position of Women, biologically considered — Woman and her 

 Social Evolution — The Goddesses as Types of Womanhood — Man and 

 his Life-Phases — The Eugenic ideal in School — Sex Instruction and 

 Eugenics 450-592 



CHAPTER V 



BIOPSYCHOLOGICAL 



Animal Behaviour — Rational Conduct — Sub-conscious Thinking — 

 Intelligent Behaviour — Habituation of Intelligent Actions — Pre-intel- 

 ligent Learning — Instinctive Behaviour — Linked Instincts — Intelli- 

 gence and Instinct Contrasted — Rhythms — Tropisms — Reflexes — 

 Conditioned Reflexes — Reactions in Protozoa — Trial and Error in 

 Protozoa — Tentative Behaviour among Protozoa — General View of 

 Animal Behaviour — Illustration: The Ways of the Cat — Autonomy 

 of Life and Mind — Organism more than Mechanism — Mechanistic 

 and Vitalistic Views— Mind and Body— The Physiological and the 

 Psychological 593-^66 



