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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Diversions of a Naturalist
E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir Lankester
440 pages~8 hr 46 min read46 chapters$4.99
A great naturalist unbends and rambles wherever curiosity leads. Lankester writes on nature reserves, the great grey seal, grouse and other birds, and the sand and pebbles of the seashore, mixing science with the pure pleasure of noticing. Genial, learned, and endlessly interesting. Wander with a scientist off the clock.
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Inside this book
46 chapters
- 1DIVERSIONS OF A NATURALIST
- 2PREFACE
- 3CONTENTS
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5CHAPTER I ON A NORWEGIAN FIORD
- 6CHAPTER II NATURE-RESERVES
- 7CHAPTER III FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
- 8CHAPTER IV THE GREAT GREY SEAL
- 9CHAPTER V THE GROUSE AND OTHER BIRDS
- 10CHAPTER VI THE SAND AND PEBBLES OF THE SEASHORE
- 11CHAPTER VII THE CONSTITUENTS OF A SEABEACH
- 12CHAPTER VIII QUICKSANDS AND FIRE-STONES
- 13CHAPTER IX AMBER
- 14CHAPTER X SEA-WORMS AND SEA-ANEMONES
- 15CHAPTER XI CORAL-MAKERS AND JELLY-FISH
- 16CHAPTER XII SHRIMPS, CRABS, AND BARNACLES
- 17CHAPTER XIII BARNACLES AND OTHER CRUSTACEANS
- 18CHAPTER XIV THE HISTORY OF THE BARNACLE AND THE GOOSE
+ 28 more. The full contents open with the book.
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