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Science in Arcady

Grant Allen

305 pages~6 hr 5 min read24 chapters$4.99
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Grant Allen finds science hiding in the most pleasant places. His essays roam to favorite islands, tropical education, the wings of the wind, a curious desert fruit, and a clever parrot, turning natural history into pure delight. Witty, wide-ranging popular science from a Victorian charmer. Follow a playful naturalist wherever his curiosity leads.

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24 chapters

  1. 1SCIENCE IN ARCADY
  2. 2LONDON: LAWRENCE BULLEN, 16, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1892.
  3. 3To GRANT RICHARDS, IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY KIND OFFICES. Avuncular Greeting.
  4. 4CONTENTS.
  5. 5PREFACE.
  6. 6SCIENCE IN ARCADY.
  7. 7MY ISLANDS.
  8. 8TROPICAL EDUCATION.
  9. 9ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND.
  10. 10A DESERT FRUIT.
  11. 11PRETTY POLL.
  12. 12HIGH LIFE.
  13. 13EIGHT-LEGGED FRIENDS.
  14. 14MUD.
  15. 15THE GREENWOOD TREE.
  16. 16FISH AS FATHERS.
  17. 17AN ENGLISH SHIRE.
  18. 18THE BRONZE AXE.

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