CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



PAGE 

 THE BUILDING OF THE EARTH ..... 17 



CHAPTER II 

 THE EARTH'S SHAPE . . . . . .29 



CHAPTER III 



EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON THE EARTH'S HISTORY . . 39 



CHAPTER IV 



RECORDS LEFT BY RIVERS . . . . -SO 



CHAPTER V 



RECORDS LEFT BY THE SEA . . . . 59 



CHAPTER VI 



COLD AND ICE ON THE EARTH . . . . 67 



CHAPTER VII 



THE FIRE-HARDENED ROCKS . . . . 78 



CHAPTER VIII 



THE EARTH AT ITS BEGINNING . . . . 90 



CHAPTER IX 



THE CHILDHOOD OF THE EARTH . . . . 98 



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