CONTENTS 



PART I 



The Everyday Life of Animals 



CHAPTER I 



THE WEALTH OF LIFE 



I. Variety of life— 'z. Haunts of life — 3. Wealth of form — 4. Wealth, 

 of numbers — 5. Wealth of beauty . . . Pages 1-17 



CHAPTER II 



THE WEB OF LIFE 



±. Dependence upon surroundings — 2. Inter-relations of plants and 

 animals — 3. Relation of animals to the earth — 4. Nutritive rela- 

 tions — 5. More complex interactions . . 18-31 



CHAPTER III 



THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE 



i. Nature and extent of the struggle — 2. Armour and weapons — 

 3. Difirent forms of struggle— 1^. Cruelty of the struggle . 32-45 



