TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE 



PuBrACE ......... V 



Instances of the Wonder or Life . . . . ix 



List of Illustrations ...... xix 



CHAPTER I 



The Drama of Life ; or, Vital Motives . . . i 



CHAPTER II 



The Haunts of Life ; or, The Exploitation of the 



Earth ........ 54 



CHAPTER III 



The Insurgenob of Life ; or. The Circumvention of 



Space and the Conquest of Time . . . .127 



CHAPTER IV 



The Ways of Life ; or. Modes of Animal Behaviour . 186 



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