CONTENTS. 



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PREFACE . . iii 



CHAPTER I. 

 INTEREST or THE SCIENCE or NATURAL HISTORY .... 9 



CHAPTER IT. 

 THE MICROSCOPE 13 



CHAPTER in. 

 THE PHENOMENA OF LIFE 20 



CHAPTER IV. 

 ORGANIC NATURE DIVIDED INTO ANIMALS AND VEGETABLES . 35 



CHAPTER V. 

 THE SPONGE THE HYDRA 44 



CHAPTER VI. 

 CORALLINES 62 



CHAPTER VII. 

 THE SEA ANEMONE AND Moss CORALS 83 



