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The Child’s Book of Nature

by Worthington Hooker

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Our Love for Flowers
  3. 3Chapter II — More About Our Love for Flowers
  4. 4Chapter III — How Flowers Are Made
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Colors of Flowers
  6. 6Chapter V — The Perfume of Flowers
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Shapes of Flowers
  8. 8Chapter VII — Habits of Flowers
  9. 9Chapter VIII — More About the Habits of Flowers
  10. 10Chapter IX — What Live on Flowers
  11. 11Chapter X — More About What Live on Flowers
  12. 12Chapter XI — What the Bible Says About Flowers
  13. 13Chapter XII — Fruits
  14. 14Chapter XIII — More About Fruits
  15. 15Chapter XIV — What Seeds Are For
  16. 16Chapter XV — Life in the Seed
  17. 17Chapter XVI — How Seeds Are Scattered
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Leaves
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — More About Leaves
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Sap in Leaves
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Uses of Leaves
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Leaves in the Autumn
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Leaf-Buds
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The Coverings of the Buds
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — What Roots Are For
  26. 26Chapter XXV — More About Roots
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Stalks and Trunks
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The Bark of Trees and Shrubs
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Wood in Trees and Shrubs
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — What Is Made From Sap
  31. 31Chapter XXX — More About What Is Made From Sap
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Circulation of the Sap
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The Sleep and the Death of Plants
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Conclusion
  35. 35For the Use Of
  36. 36Preface
  37. 37Chapter I — What Is Made From the Blood
  38. 38Chapter II — More About What Is Made From the Blood
  39. 39Chapter III — How the Blood Is Made
  40. 40Chapter IV — Mother Earth
  41. 41Chapter V — The Stomach and the Teeth
  42. 42Chapter VI — More About the Teeth
  43. 43Chapter VII — The Circulation of the Blood
  44. 44Chapter VIII — Breathing
  45. 45Chapter IX — Brain and Nerves
  46. 46Chapter X — How the Mind Gets Knowledge
  47. 47Chapter XI — Seeing
  48. 48Chapter XII — How the Eye Is Guarded
  49. 49Chapter XIII — Hearing
  50. 50Chapter XIV — The Smell, the Taste, and the Touch
  51. 51Chapter XV — The Bones
  52. 52Chapter XVI — More About the Bones
  53. 53Chapter XVII — The Muscles
  54. 54Chapter XVIII — More About the Muscles
  55. 55Chapter XIX — The Brain and Nerves in Animals
  56. 56Chapter XX — The Variety of Machinery in Animals
  57. 57Chapter XXI — The Hand
  58. 58Chapter XXII — What Animals Use for Hands
  59. 59Chapter XXIII — The Tools of Animals
  60. 60Chapter XXIV — More About the Tools of Animals
  61. 61Chapter XXV — Instruments of Defense and Attack
  62. 62Chapter XXVI — Wings
  63. 63Chapter XXVII — Coverings of Animals
  64. 64Chapter XXVIII — Beauty of the Coverings of Animals
  65. 65Chapter XXIX — How Man Is Superior to Animals
  66. 66Chapter XXX — The Thinking of Animals
  67. 67Chapter XXXI — More About the Thinking of Animals
  68. 68Chapter XXXII — What Sleep Is For
  69. 69For the Use Of
  70. 70Preface
  71. 71Chapter I — Air
  72. 72Chapter II — Air in Motion
  73. 73Chapter III — Flying and Swimming
  74. 74Chapter IV — The Pressure of the Air
  75. 75Chapter V — Pumps
  76. 76Chapter VI — The Barometer
  77. 77Chapter VII — The Air-Pump
  78. 78Chapter VIII — Gases
  79. 79Chapter IX — Powder
  80. 80Chapter X — Pop-Guns
  81. 81Chapter XI — Balloons and Bubbles
  82. 82Chapter XII — More About Balloons
  83. 83Chapter XIII — Heated Air
  84. 84Chapter XIV — Chimneys
  85. 85Chapter XV — Uses of Water
  86. 86Chapter XVI — Water Always Trying to Be Level
  87. 87Chapter XVII — The Pressure of Water
  88. 88Chapter XVIII — Attraction in Solids and Fluids
  89. 89Chapter XIX — Water in the Air
  90. 90Chapter XX — Clouds
  91. 91Chapter XXI — Snow, Frost, and Ice
  92. 92Chapter XXII — Heat and Cold
  93. 93Chapter XXIII — The Diffusion of Heat
  94. 94Chapter XXIV — What Heat Does
  95. 95Chapter XXV — Steam
  96. 96Chapter XXVI — Light
  97. 97Chapter XXVII — Color
  98. 98Chapter XXVIII — More About Color
  99. 99Chapter XXIX — Electricity
  100. 100Chapter XXX — More About Electricity
  101. 101Chapter XXXI — Magnetism
  102. 102Chapter XXXII — Gravitation
  103. 103Chapter XXXIII — The Motion of the Earth
  104. 104Chapter XXXIV — Friction
  105. 105Chapter XXXV — Conclusion

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