EDWARD STANFORD'S 

 RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 



LIFE AND HER CHILDREN. 



Glimpses of Animal Life from the Amoeba to the Insects. 



By ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY, 



Authoress of " The Fairy-land of Science," " A Short History of Natural Science," 

 " Botanical Tables for the Use of Junior Students." 



Crown 8vo, with upwards of ioo Illustrations, cloth gilt, gilt edges, 6s. 



Extract from Preface. 



"The main object is to acquaint young people with the structure and habits of the lower 

 forms of life ; and to do this in a more systematic way than is usual in ordinary works on natural 

 history, and more simply than in text-books on zoology. For this reason I have adopted the title 

 'Life and her Children' to express the family bond uniting all living things, as we use the term 

 ' Nature and her Works' to embrace all organic and inorganic phenomena ; and I have been more 

 careful to sketch in bold outline the leading features of each division than to dwell on the minor 

 differences by which it is separated into groups. I have made use of British examples in illustra- 

 tion wherever it was possible, and small specimens of most of the marine animals figured may be 

 found upon our coasts at low tide." 



Contents. 



Chapter. 



I. Life and her Children. 

 II. Life's Simplest Children : how they live, 

 and move, and build. 

 IIT. How Sponges Live. 

 IV. The Lasso-throwers of the Ponds and 

 Oceans. 

 V. How Star-fish Walk and Sea -Urchins 

 Grow. 

 VI. The Mantle-covered Animals, and how 

 they live with heads and without them. 

 VII. The Outcasts of Animal Life, and the 

 Elastic-Ringed Animals by Sea and 

 by Land. 



Chapter. 



VIII. The Mailed Warriors of the Sea, with 

 ringed bodies and jointed feet. 

 IX. The Snare-Weavers and their Hunting 



Relations. 

 X. Insect Suckers and Biters, which change 

 their coats but not their bodies. 

 XI. Insect Gnawers and Sippers, which 

 re-model their bodies within their 

 coats. 

 XII. Intelligent Insects with helpless Chil- 

 dren, as illustrated by the Ants. 



GEOGRAPHY FOR LITTLE CHILDREN. 



By ANTONIA ZIMMERN. 

 Post 8vo, cloth, with 40 Illustrations and Maps. Price is. 



"The language is simple, the type large and clear, while the pages are enlivened by some 

 good maps and many illustrations. These, we are sure, cannot fail to prove very winning to all 

 such little folk as the 'Dotty, Fantie, and Too Too'' to whom this little volume is dedicated." — 

 Saturday jReview. 



"An admirable first book for young children. By maps and illustrations the configuration and 

 physical geography of the world are taught in a very popular and attractive style. It will prove 

 a suitable gift book for little folk. " — Examiner. 



LONDON: EDWARD STANFORD, 65 CHARING GROSS, S.W. 



