FROM AN EASY CHAIR
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
EXTINCT ANIMALS
By Sir E. RAY LANKESTER, F.R.S.With a Portrait of the Author, and 218 otherIllustrations. Demy 8vo. Second Edition,Price 7s. 6d. net.
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THE KINGDOM OF MAN
By Sir E. RAY LANKESTER, F.R.S.With about 60 Illustrations. Demy 8vo.Second Edition. Price 3s. 6d. net.
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FROM AN EASY CHAIR
BY
SIR RAY LANKESTER, K.C.B., F.R.S.
R. L. Stevenson
LONDON
ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO., Ltd.
1909
Richard Clay and Sons, Limited
BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND
BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
Published October, 1908.
Reprinted January, 1909.
PREFACE
This little book is a reproduction, with someemendations, of articles which appeared in the DailyTelegraph in the six months between the beginningof last October and the end of April. If it shouldmeet with success, further collections of the same kindwill be published from time to time.
E. R. L.
August, 1908.
CONTENTS
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| 1. | Science and the Study of Nature | 1 |
| 2. | The Desire to Know the World of Nature | 3 |
| 3. | Scares and Won ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |