CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XVI 



Geognosy and formation of the Earth's Crust Eesume of the 

 past pages . . .202 



CHAPTER XVII 



Life Life comes only from Life Haeckel's Monera -Bacteria 

 The Phagocytes, or White Corpuscles 212 



CHAPTER XVIII 



The Fungi Can live on organized food only The cause of Fer- 

 mentation Mushrooms Lichens, their important functions 

 Curious anomaly in their structure ' 228 



CHAPTER XIX 



Algse Seaweed Chlorophyll cells, their origin and use Effect 

 of Rays of Light The providers of Oxygen All Life impos- 

 sible without Chlorophyll Light and Heat essential to its 

 action 238 



CHPTER XX 



The transference of Energy from Lower to Higher Organization 

 Reproduction in the Algse Agamic and Sexual . . . 249 



CHAPTER XXI 



The Phanerogama, or Flowering Plants Construction of Fertiliz- 

 ing Organs Seeds Germination Cuttings . . . 258 



CHAPTER XXII 



Sensation in Plants Vital Energy in the Ether Incubation of 

 the egg Progressive changes therein 271 



CHAPTER XXIII 

 Evolution of Life Original Meaning of the word HUXLEY'S 

 Definition The Precursors of DARWIN MONBODDO LAMARCK 

 The Origin of Species , 286 



CHAPTER XXIV 



The Brain in Man and in Animals Structureless, Conscious 

 Beings The Organic Mechanism the Vehicle, not the Cause, of 

 Life The Potency of Life in Seeds not Life itself; uninjured 



by extreme cold ' 299 



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