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From an Easy Chair · E. Ray Lankester — chapter 2 of 13 · ~158 words · public domain

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August, 1908.

CONTENTS

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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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