- 1Preface
- 2Chapter I — How the Globe Was Stocked with Life
- 3Chapter II — The Sea a Vast Aquarium
- 4Chapter III — A Chapter of Foundations
- 5Chapter IV — The Humblest of Animals — Sponges
- 6Chapter V — Flowers of the Sea
- 7Chapter VI — Uninvited Guests
- 8Chapter VII — Dwellers Between Tide Marks
- 9Chapter VIII — Builders of the Pearly Shells
- 10Chapter IX — Builders of the Pearly Shells — Continued
- 11Chapter X — Animals with Jointed Frames
- 12Chapter XI — From Butterflies to Beetles and Bees
- 13Chapter XII — At the Doorway of the “Upper Classes”
- 14Chapter XIII — Fishes — The Aristocracy of the Waters
- 15Chapter XIV — Sharks — The Tigers of the Sea
- 16Chapter XV — The Fearful Devilfish and Other Rays
- 17Chapter XVI — Bony Fishes — Teleostomi
- 18Chapter XVII — Modern Fishes — Teleostei
- 19Chapter XVIII — Amphibians — A Connecting Link
- 20Chapter XIX — Amphibians — Continued
- 21Chapter XX — Reptiles — Monarchs of the Mesozoic World
- 22Chapter XXI — Serpents, Good and Bad
- 23Chapter XXII — Birds — Kings of the Air
- 24Chapter XXIII — Some Notable Water Birds
- 25Chapter XXIV — Vultures, Falcons and Game Birds
- 26Chapter XXV — From Gulls to Kingfishers
- 27Chapter XXVI — Passerine Birds
- 28Chapter XXVII — The Beasts of the Field — Some Primitive Types
- 29Chapter XXVIII — The Gnawers
- 30Chapter XXIX — Mammals of the Sea
- 31Chapter XXX — The World’s Herds and Flocks
- 32Chapter XXXI — The World’s Herds and Flocks — Continued
- 33Chapter XXXII — Some Supremely Useful Animals
- 34Chapter XXXIII — Beasts of Prey — The Carnivora
- 35Chapter XXXIV — Beasts of Prey — Continued
- 36Chapter XXXV — Insectivora — Hedgehogs, Moles and Shrews
- 37Chapter XXXVI — The Bats — Wing-Handed Mammals
- 38Chapter XXXVII — Man’s Humble Cousins
Zoology: The Science of Animal Life
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