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THE

BEAUTIES OF NATURE

AND THE

WONDERS OF THE WORLD

WE LIVE IN

BY

THE RIGHT HON.

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, BART., M.P.

F.R.S., D.C.L., LL.D.

New York

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND LONDON

1892

All rights reserved


Copyright, 1892,

By MACMILLAN AND CO.

Typography by J. S. Cushing & Co., Boston, U.S.A.


Presswork by Berwick & Smith, Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE

Introduction 1

Beauty and Happiness 3
The Love of Nature 5
Enjoyment of Scenery 14
Scenery of England 19
Foreign Scenery 21
The Aurora 33
The Seasons 34


CHAPTER II

On Animal Life 39

Love of Animals 41
Growth and Metamorphoses 43
Rudimentary Organs 45
Modifications 48
Colour 50
Communities of Animals 57
Ants 58


CHAPTER III

On Animal Life—continued 71

Freedom of Animals 73
Sleep 78
Senses 84
Sense of Direction 93
Number of Species 96
Importance of the Smaller Animals 97
Size of Animals 100
Complexity of Animal Structure 101
Length of Life 102
On Individuality 104
Animal Immortality 112


CHAPTER IV

On Plant Life 115

Structure of Flowers 128
Insects and Flowers 134
Past History of Flowers 136
Fruits