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Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler’s Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification is a late‑Victorian treatise on…

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3

Thomas Henry Huxley

The third volume of Thomas Henry Huxley’s Life and Letters continues the biographer’s chronicle of the famed…

Bodily changes in pain, hunger, fear, and rage: An Account of Recent Researches Into the Function of Emotional Excitement

Walter B. Cannon

The work is a scholarly survey of physiological experiments carried out in the Harvard Physiological…

A system of practical medicine. By American authors. Vol. 1: Pathology and general diseases

This first volume of A System of Practical Medicine presents a sweeping survey of pathology and general…

The Industries of Animals

Frédéric Houssay

The work is a scholarly survey of animal “industries” – the ways in which creatures hunt, defend, store food,…

A first book in organic evolution

D. Kerfoot Shute

This work is a systematic primer on the doctrine of evolution, written in 1899 by D. Kerfoot Shute.

Sex-linked Inheritance in Drosophila

Morgan, Thomas Hunt; Bridges, Calvin B.

Thomas Hunt Morgan and Calvin B. Bridges present a systematic exploration of heredity using the fruit fly,…

Butterflies and Moths (British)

William S. Furneaux

This work is a practical handbook for anyone who wishes to deepen his knowledge of British Lepidoptera, the…

The grapes of New York

U. P. Hedrick

The work is a comprehensive horticultural reference compiled by U. P.

The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms With Observations on Their Habits

Charles Darwin

The work is a scientific treatise by Charles Darwin that investigates how earth‑worms contribute to the…

The Life of the Weevil

Fabre, Jean-Henri; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

The work is a natural‑history essay that opens with a winter scene in which the author, a provincial…

Island Life; Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras

Alfred Russel Wallace

Island Life, or The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, is Alfred Russell Wallace’s expansive…

Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors

Neltje Blanchan

Neltje Blanchan’s Wild Flowers offers a popular‑science guide to North American blossoms, organized by colour…

The works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4): A treatise on comparative embryology: Invertebrata

Francis M. Balfour

This volume is a scholarly treatise on comparative embryology that concentrates on invertebrate groups.

The Romance of Plant Life Interesting Descriptions of the Strange and Curious in the Plant World

G. F. Scott Elliot

The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; Also Several Hundred Photographs of Their Nests and Eggs.

Chester A. Reed

The Bird Book is a richly illustrated natural history reference that catalogues more than seven hundred North…

The apiary; Or, Bees, Bee-hives, and Bee Culture [1878] Being a Familiar Account of the Habits of Bees, and the Most Improved Methods of Management

Alfred Neighbor

The work is a practical handbook on bee‑keeping, written by Alfred Neighbour, a member of the well‑known firm…

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews

Thomas Henry Huxley

The volume is a self‑selected anthology of Thomas Henry Huxley’s public talks, essays and reviews, gathered…

Mr. Ray's travels, Vol. 2: A collection of curious travels and voyages. Containing Dr Leonhart Rauwolf's journey into the eastern countries, viz. Syria, Palestine, or the Holy Land, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, Chaldea, &c., translated from the Original High Dutch, by Nicholas Staphorst. And also, travels into Greece, Asia minor, Egypt, Arabia felix, Petræa, Ethiopia, the Red Sea, &c. Collected from the observations of Mons. Belon, Prosper Alpinus, Dr. Huntington, Mr. Vernon, Sir George Wheeler, Dr. Smith, Mr. Greaves, and others. To which are added three catalogues of such trees, shrubs, and herbs, as grow in the Levant. By the Rev. John Ray, F.R.S.

Ray, John; Rauwolf, Leonhard

The work is a sprawling 17th‑century compilation of travel narratives, botanical observations, and historical…

Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work

Sir P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers) Mitchell

This work is a concise, fact‑based sketch of Thomas Henry Huxley’s life and achievements rather than a…

The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

This booklet, issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is a practical manual on fingerprint science…

Trees of Indiana First Revised Edition (Publication No. 13, Department of Conservation, State of Indiana)

Charles Clemon Deam

The work is a revised state‑wide field guide to the trees of Indiana, issued as Publication No.

The Evolution Theory, Vol. 2 of 2

August Weismann

The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide A Guide to the Study of the Seaweeds and the Lower Animal Life Found Between Tide-marks

Augusta Foote Arnold

The Sea‑beach at Ebb‑tide is a practical field guide that introduces the marine flora and low‑level fauna…