Contents 



CHAPTER I 

 INTRODUCTION 



A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF THE WORLD OF NATURE 



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Nature, inorganic and organic The Creation Man's demands 

 upon the Animal World A journey into the ways and byways 

 of the Animal World The Vertebrate Animals The Inver- 

 tebrate Animals Mammalia Aves Reptilia Batrachia 

 Pisces Table of the orders of the class Mammalia Scientific 

 names of Animals The threshold of our task The riches and 

 treasures of God's love and goodness I 



CHAPTER II 

 ORDER I. PRIMATES 



SUB-ORDER i. BIMANA (MAN) 



Man, the most perfect of all created beings Man's attitude and 

 strength Reasoning faculties atone for natural physical 

 deficiencies The bony skeleton Vertebral column Muscles 

 Brain and nerves Circulation of the blood Digestion 

 Teeth Respiration The distribution of man The Caucasian 

 or White family The Negro family The Mongolian family 

 Varieties of the Yellow Race Man the dominating force in 

 the world Labour's magic wand The curse mitigated . . 15 



CHAPTER III 



ORDER I. PRIMATES (continued) 

 SUB-ORDER 2. QUADRUMANA, OR THE MONKEY TRIBE 



The Quadrumana, or four-handed animals Man and the Monkey 

 from an anatomical point of view Monkey Speech The 



