TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE v 



INSTANCES OF THE WONDER OF LIFE . . . . ix 

 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ...... xix 



CHAPTER I 

 THE DRAMA OF LIFE ; OR, VITAL MOTIVES ... 1 



CHAPTER II 



THE HAUNTS OF LIFE ; OR, THE EXPLOITATION OF THE 



EARTH ........ 54 



CHAPTER III 



THE INSURGENCE OF LIFE ; OR, THE CIRCUMVENTION or 



SPACE AND THE CONQUEST OF TIME . . . .127 



CHAPTER IV 



THE WAYS OF LIFE ; OR, MODES OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR . 186 



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