August, 1908.
CONTENTS
PAGE
1. Science and the Study of Nature 1
2. The Desire to Know the World of Nature 3
3. Scares and Wonders 5
4. Work at the Pasteur Institute 9
5. The Sea Serpent 10
6. Giraffes and the Okapi 11
7. The Great Geologists of Last Century 14
8. Experiments with Precious Stones 19
9. Diamonds 23
10. Science and Fisheries 27
11. Discoveries as to Malaria 29
12. Malta Fever 34
13. A Cure for Sleeping Sickness 36
14. Tsetse-Flies and Disease 38
15. Monkeys and Fleas 41
16. The Jigger Flea 42
17. Public Estimate of the Value of Science 43
18. The Common House-fly and Others 45
19. Cerebral Inhibition 48
20. Colour-photography and Photographs of Mars 49
21. Origin of Names by Errors in Copying 50
22. False News as to Extinct Monsters 51
23. Mistletoe and Holly 52
24. The Cattle Show 55
25. The Experimental Method 59
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