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Our Vanishing Wild Life

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William T. Hornaday


We are weary of witnessing the greed, selfishness and cruelty of "civilized" man toward the wild creatures of the earth. We are si…

The Elements of Mammalogy

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William Ruschenberger


The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…

Generation of Animals

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Aristotle


Generation of Animals (or On the Generation of Animals; Greek: Περὶ ζῴων γενέσεως (Peri Zoion Geneseos); Latin: De Generatione Animalium) Bo…

A Short Discourse Concerning Pestilential Contagion, and the Methods to Be Used…

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Richard Mead


This is a work written about the plague in France and how to prevent its spread. It is considered an important historical work for the unde…

Infection and Immunity

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George M. Sternberg


Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…

The Book of Love

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Paolo Mantegazza


Translated from Italian, it delves into the physiology of love from a scientific standpoint, in beautiful writing.

Beknopte uiteenzetting van de theorie van Darwin over het ontstaan der plant- e…

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Julius Dub


Populair-wetenschappelijke, verkorte weergave van Charles Darwins baanbrekende boek "Het ontstaan der soorten", ca. 10 jaar na de …

Man and His Ancestor: A Study in Evolution

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Charles Morris


An examination of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and subsequent texts, written for the general public at the turn of the twentieth cen…

Dragons of the Air

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Harry Seeley


Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…

Little Masterpieces of Science - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer

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George Iles


Another in the series of Little Masterpieces in Science, The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer includes essays and excerpts from the works …

Wildwood Ways

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a journey among the wild woods and ponds alerting us to their many inhabitants. He points…

Notes of An East Coast Naturalist

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Arthur Henry Patterson


Arthur Henry Patterson was a self-taught naturalist with an immeasurable knowledge and perspicacity of the Broadland region’s flora and faun…

Man and Nature on the Broads

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Arthur Henry Patterson


From its man-made origins as a consequence of medieval peat excavations, the Broads of Norfolk and Suffolk have evolved into a natural ecosy…

Amphibians and Reptiles in Captivity

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Robert N Bader, Donald J Coxwell and Thomas R. Johnson


In recent years the number of people interested in keeping amphibians and reptiles in captivity has grown rapidly. All too often, these same…

Malaria in Greek History

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William Henry Samuel Jones


This book is an attempt to correct and develop the theory proposed tentatively in the little work Malaria. Put briefly, this theory is as fo…

The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song

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Frederick Walker Mott


From the Preface: "The contents of this little book formed the subject of three lectures delivered at the Royal Institution "On th…

Wood Wanderings

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a wandering journey into the woods alerting us to the many inhabitants and their habitat.…

Stray Feathers From a Bird Man's Desk

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Austin L. Rand


Canadian zoologist, Austin L. Rand, takes a divergence from his scholarly works on ornithology to give us 60 entertaining sketches of bird l…

Walnut Growing in Oregon

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Jacob Calvin Cooper


Although published to promote the business of walnut production, this short volume describes the current science and practice of growing wal…

The American Bee Journal. Vol. XVII, No. 12, Mar. 23, 1881

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The American Bee Journal is the “oldest bee paper in America established in 1861 devoted to scientific bee-culture and the production and s…

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