

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I. 



INTRODUCTION. 



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The Universality of Animal Life .... 1 



The Equilibrium maintained among Animal Tribes, 3 



Advantages of the Study of Natural History . . 3 



The Teachings of Natural History ... 4 



The Mystery of Life 6 



Object and Sources of the present "Work . . 6 



Geological Revelations 7 



Preliminary Remarks upon the Classification of 



Animals 10 



Of Certain Terms used in Natural History . . 12 

 Modern Systems of Classification . . . .13 



Linnsean System 14 



The Animal Kingdom arranged according to the 



System of Cuvier 16 



Analysis of the System of Classification adopted in 



this Work . .17 



CLASSIFICATION. 



Division I. Vertebrata 



Division II. Mollusca . 



Division III. Articulata 



Division IV. Radiata . 



Division V. Protozoa .... 



Division I. VERTEBRATA . . . . 



Class I. MAMJWAIilA 



Order L BEMANA • 



Peculiar Conformation of Man 



Physical and Moral Development of Man 



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Striking Characteristics of the Human Race 3S 

 The Unity of the Human Race ... 40 

 Diversitv of Origin in the Human Race . 



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