Science - Biology

Ornithological biography, Vol. 4 (of 5): An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America

John James Audubon

The fourth volume of John James Audubon’s Ornithological Biography continues the author’s sweeping survey of…

Reptiles and Birds A Popular Account of Their Various Orders, With a Description of the Habits and Economy of the Most Interesting

Louis Figuier

Louis Figuier’s Reptiles and Birds is a popular‑science survey that seeks to place the avian and reptilian…

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Joints" to "Justinian I." Volume 15, Slice 5

Various

Encyclopaedia Britannica’s 11th Edition presents a scholarly survey of anatomy, beginning its “Joints” entry…

Identification of the Larger Fungi

Roy Watling

The book is a practical field guide aimed at students of mycology, though it also welcomes the interested…

The Hunting Wasps

Jean-Henri Fabre

The work is a scientific treatise on the hunting habits of certain wasps, especially the Cerceris that preys…

Elementary Zoology, Second Edition

Vernon L. Kellogg

Elementary Zoology, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook designed for high‑school students who are…

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World

Various

The first volume of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1666) is a collective report of…

Text book of veterinary medicine, Volume 4 (of 5)

James Law

The work is a scholarly veterinary textbook, the fourth of five volumes authored by James Law, devoted to the…

The plurality of the human race

G. Pouchet

The book is a scholarly treatise on the contested question of whether humanity descends from a single origin…

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual

L. L. Langstroth

Langstroth’s “Hive and the Honey‑Bee” is a practical manual for the 19th‑century beekeeper, opening with a…

The Arctic World: Its plants, animals, and natural phenomena. With a historical sketch of Arctic discovery, down to the British polar expedition: 1875-76.

Anonymous

The work presents a sweeping survey of the Arctic’s natural wonders and the history of its exploration,…

Manual of the apiary

Albert John Cook

Albert John Cook’s Manual of the Apiary is a nineteenth‑century textbook that grew out of his lectures at the…

Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.

W. H. Davenport Adams

The work is a popular‑science survey that treats the ordinary world as a source of natural‑history wonder.

More Beetles

Jean-Henri Fabre

More Beetles is a natural‑history work by the French entomologist Jean‑Henri Fabre, assembled from chapters…

Structure and Functions of the Body A Hand-Book of Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses and Others Desiring a Practical Knowledge of the Subject

Annette Fiske

This work is a practical handbook of anatomy and physiology aimed chiefly at nurses, though its author,…

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 1 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects

Kirby, William; Spence, William

This work is a comprehensive introduction to the study of insects, written by the naturalists William Kirby…

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. XVIII

Ernst Haeckel

The work is a scientific report that catalogues the Radiolaria, microscopic, siliceous marine organisms,…

The Life of the Spider

Jean-Henri Fabre

The Life of the Spider is a natural‑history essay by the French entomologist Jean‑Henri Fabre, devoted to the…

Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; With Directions for Their Management, Breeding, Crossing, Rearing, Feeding, and Preparation for a Profitable Market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy.

Richard Lamb Allen

The work is a comprehensive agricultural manual that treats the principal domestic animals of the United…

Extinct Monsters A Popular Account of Some of the Larger Forms of Ancient Animal Life

H. N. Hutchinson

Extinct Monsters is a popular‑science survey of the most spectacular large fossils known in the late…

Anthropoid apes

Robert Hartmann

The Life of the Caterpillar

Jean-Henri Fabre

The work is a natural‑history treatise that focuses on the life cycle of the pine processionary caterpillar,…

The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

The work is an autobiographical sketch by Charles Darwin, presented as a candid recollection of his early…

Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others

James A. Henshall

This work is a practical handbook for anglers covering every game‑fish found in the United States east of the…