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The Life of the Scorpion

Jean-Henri Fabre

The work is a natural‑history monograph that treats the scorpion as both a subject of scientific curiosity…

The heart of Africa, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Georg August Schweinfurth

The work is a nineteenth‑century travelogue that blends geography, natural history and ethnography as Georg…

Coral Reefs

Charles Darwin

The work is a scientific treatise by Charles Darwin, produced from his observations during the Beagle…

The Progress of the Century

The work is a scholarly survey of how the concept of evolution has been shaped from antiquity to the…

The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science

Henry Alleyne Nicholson

The work presents a systematic survey of paleontology that is deliberately split into two complementary…

André Michaux's Travels into Kentucky, 1793-96; François André Michaux's Travels West of Alleghany Mountains, 1802; Thaddeus Mason Harris's Journal of a Tour Northwest of Alleghany Mountains, 1803.

Michaux, André; Harris, Thaddeus Mason; Michaux, François André

This volume gathers three early‑American travel narratives, André Michaux’s Kentucky journal (1793‑96),…

The Sacred Beetle, and Others

Jean-Henri Fabre

The work is a natural‑history treatise that begins with a sweeping meditation on the role of maternity in the…

Travels into North America, Volume 2 (of 3)

Pehr Kalm

Pehr Kalm’s Travels into North America, Volume 2, continues the Swedish naturalist’s detailed survey of the…

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2

Wallace, Alfred Russel; Marchant, James, Sir

The volume gathers Alfred Russel Wallace’s scientific papers and the correspondence that accompanied them…

Insectivorous Plants

Charles Darwin

The book is a scientific treatise on carnivorous plants, opening with a meticulous description of Drosera…

Autobiography and Selected Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley

The volume gathers Thomas Henry Huxley’s autobiographical sketch together with a selection of his essays,…

General Science

Bertha May Clark

Bertha M. Clark’s General Science presents itself as a practical handbook for everyday readers who wish to…

The ivory king: A popular history of the elephant and its allies

Charles Frederick Holder

The work is a popular history of the elephant, written by Charles Frederick Holder and first issued in New…

A century of science in America: with special reference to the American Journal of Science, 1818-1918

This volume is a commemorative survey of the first hundred years of the American Journal of Science, founded…

The Power of Movement in Plants

Darwin, Charles; Darwin, Francis, Sir

The work is a scientific treatise on plant movement, written jointly by Charles Darwin and his son Francis.

The Natural History of the Varieties of Man

R. G. Latham

The Natural History of the Varieties of Man is a scholarly ethnological survey that sets out to update and…

The Moths of the British Isles, First Series Comprising the Families Sphingidæ to Noctuidæ

Richard South

Richard South’s work is a scholarly survey of the moths that inhabit the British Isles, covering families…

Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture

William Saunders

The work is a systematic catalogue compiled for the United States Department of Agriculture, enumerating…

A Treatise on the Plague and Yellow Fever With an Appendix, containing histories of the plague at Athens in the time of the Peloponnesian War; at Constantinople in the time of Justinian; at London in 1665; at Marseilles in 1720

James Tytler

This work is a comprehensive medical treatise from the close of the eighteenth century, compiled by James…

Mammals of Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Sydney Anderson

The work is a scientific survey of the mammals that inhabit Mesa Vista National Park, Colorado, written by…

The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of Autobiography

Jean-Henri Fabre

The book is a compilation of Jean‑Henri Fabre’s essays on flies, drawn from his Souvenirs entomologiques, and…

A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3

Baird, Spencer Fullerton; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo); Ridgway, Robert

The work is a scholarly survey of North American raptorial birds, forming the third volume of Spencer…

An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects

Kirby, William; Spence, William

This work is a scholarly treatise on insects, written by William Kirby and William Spence, two leading…

Clever Hans (The Horse of Mr. Von Osten) A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology

Oskar Pfungst

The work is a scholarly account of the famous “Clever Hans” controversy, written by Oskar Pfungst, the…