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Diversions of a Naturalist

by E. Ray Lankester

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Preface
  3. 3Chapter I — On a Norwegian Fiord
  4. 4Chapter II — Nature-Reserves
  5. 5Chapter III — Far From the Madding Crowd
  6. 6Chapter IV — The Great Grey Seal
  7. 7Chapter V — The Grouse and Other Birds
  8. 8Chapter VI — The Sand and Pebbles of the Seashore
  9. 9Chapter VII — The Constituents of a Seabeach
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Quicksands and Fire-Stones
  11. 11Chapter IX — Amber
  12. 12Chapter X — Sea-Worms and Sea-Anemones
  13. 13Chapter XI — Coral-Makers and Jelly-Fish
  14. 14Chapter XII — Shrimps, Crabs, and Barnacles
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Barnacles and Other Crustaceans
  16. 16Chapter XIV — The History of the Barnacle and the Goose
  17. 17Chapter XV — More as to the Barnacle and the Goose
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Sea-Shells on the Seashore
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Sand-Hoppers
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — A Swiss Interlude
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Science and Dancing
  22. 22Chapter XX — Courtship
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Courtship in Animals and Man
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Courtship and Display
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Courtship, Instinct and Reason
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Daddy-Long-Legs
  27. 27Chapter XXV — The Moth and the Candle
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — From Ape to Man
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Skeleton of Apes and of Man
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — The Brain of Apes and of Man
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — The Mind of Apes and of Man
  32. 32Chapter XXX — The Missing Link
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — The Supply of Pure Milk
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Christmas Trees and Other Pine Trees
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII — The Lymph and the Lymphatic System
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV — The Blood and Its Circulation
  37. 37Chapter XXXV — Fish and Fast Days
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI — Science and the Unknown
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII — Divination and Palmistry
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII — Toads Found Living in Stone
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX — The Divining-Rod
  42. 42Chapter XL — Birth-Marks and Telegony
  43. 43Chapter XLI — How to Promote Scientific Discovery by Money

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