The earth sciences and the cultivation of the land — Lyell’s Principles of Geology, Cuvier on extinction, Darwin’s South American geology, Powell down the Grand Canyon, Marsh’s founding conservation classic, Humboldt, Mawson in Antarctica, and the great agricultural authorities from Cato to King. Each book a clean, beautifully formatted EPUB, free to download.
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- A Brief History of Forestry B. E. Fernow
- A Catechism of Familiar Things Anonymous
- A Manual of Elementary Geology Sir Charles Lyell
- A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison
- A Text-Book of Astronomy George C. Comstock
- Agricola: Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World William Emerton Heitland
- Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians Gilbert Livingstone Wilson and Waheenee
- Astronomy of To-day Cecil Goodrich Julius Dolmage
- Canyons of the Colorado John Wesley Powell
- Chapters in Rural Progress Kenyon L. Butterfield
- Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement Alva Agee
- Diggers in the Earth Eva March Tappan
- Earth Features and Their Meaning William Herbert Hobbs
- El Mar Jules Michelet
- Essay on the Theory of the Earth baron Georges Cuvier
- Farmers of Forty Centuries F. H. King
- Field Book of Common Rocks and Minerals Frederic Brewster Loomis
- Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie Thomas Tusser
- Fragments of Earth Lore James Geikie
- Fruits of Queensland Albert H. Benson
- Gem-Stones and Their Distinctive Characters George Frederick Herbert Smith
- Geological Observations on South America Charles Darwin
- George Washington: Farmer Paul Leland Haworth
- Getting Gold J. C. F. Johnson
- Health on the Farm H. F. Harris
- Madam How and Lady Why Charles Kingsley
- Man and Nature George P. Marsh
- Manures and the Principles of Manuring Charles Morton Aikman
- Mars and Its Canals Percival Lowell
- Meteorology: The Science of the Atmosphere Charles Fitzhugh Talman
- North America Israel C. Russell
- Nuestra Pampa W. Jaime Molins
- Political and Commercial Geology Unknown
- Principles of Geology Sir Charles Lyell
- Rollo’s Philosophy: Air Jacob Abbott
- Roman Farm Management Marcus Terentius Varro and Marcus Porcius Cato
- Rural Wealth and Welfare Geo. T. Fairchild
- Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Robert Jennings
- The Andes and the Amazon James Orton
- The Antiquity of Man Sir Charles Lyell
- The Apple-Tree L. H. Bailey
- The Autobiography of Arthur Young Arthur Young
- The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard
- The Book of the Ocean Ernest Ingersoll
- The Cauliflower A. A. Crozier
- The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom P. L. Simmonds
- The Cultivation of the Native Grape George Husmann
- The English Husbandman Gervase Markham
- The Home of the Blizzard Sir Douglas Mawson
- The Music of the Spheres Florence Armstrong Grondal
- The Polar World G. Hartwig
- The Strange Adventures of a Pebble Hallam Hawksworth
- The Student’s Elements of Geology Sir Charles Lyell
- The Subterranean World G. Hartwig
- The Testimony of the Rocks Hugh Miller
- The World Before the Deluge Louis Figuier
- Thunder and Lightning Camille Flammarion
- Tomato Culture W. W. Tracy
- Ukraine: The Land and Its People Stepan Rudnytskyi
- Views of Nature Alexander von Humboldt
- Village Improvements and Farm Villages George E. Waring
- Wealth of the World’s Waste Places and Oceania Jewett C. Gilson