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<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_XXIV">CHAPTER XXIV</h2> <h3>THE KINGDOM OF MAN</h3></div> The greatest zoologist of his time, Sir E. Ray Lankester, has said that man has differed from all other inhabitants of the animal kingdom in being able to resist the pressure of circumstances which have altered and destroyed them. In all the cases of the animals which we have been considering, these creatures have been limited by the conditions of geography; they have been killed by extremes of heat and cold; they have been subject to starvation if one kind of diet were unobtainable; and they have constantly altered in shape, structure, and appearance, according to the requirements of the new conditions in which they found themselves. But man's mind and will have enabled him to cross rivers and oceans by rafts and boats, to clothe himself against cold, to shelter himself from heat and rain, to prepare an endless variety of food by fire, and to increase and multiply as no other animal without change of form, and without submitting to the terrible axe of selection wielded by ruthless circumstance over all other living things on this globe. "And as he has more and more obtained this control over his surroundings, he has expanded that unconscious protective attitude towards -285- his mature offspring which natural selection had already favoured and established among the mammals into a conscious and larger love for his tribe, his race, his nationality, and his kind. He has developed speech, the power of communicating, and, above all, of recording from generation to generation his thought and knowledge. He has formed communities, built cities, and set up empires; and at every step of his progress man has receded farther and farther from the ancient rule exercised by nature over the lower animals." Whence comes this power? When and how did it arrive? That we do not know. For the early beginnings of man we can only grope among the relics of his progress which he has left for the speculation of his more intelligent descendants, in the shape of the rude implements and dwellings which he used in the childhood of the race. From time to time actual remains of early man are found buried among the uppermost strata, and from them we can make some guesses at his age. Virtually three links have been found in the chain of human ancestry. The earliest is represented by the "Trinil Man" of Java, found by Dubois in 1890, and named the Pithecanthropos erectus, in reference to its likeness both to man as we know him and to the great anthropoid apes, although it had a much more erect carriage than any of them. This relic, man or some other creature as it may have been, stands midway between the chimpanzee and the more typical "Neandarthal Man," the skull of which was found in a cave of the Neander Valley, near Dusseldorf, in 1856. Thirty -286- years later the skulls of the "Spy men" of the same type as this were found in Belgium. This type lived in what we call the early Stone Age, and was a low type of meat-eating hunter. The next higher type, the third type of man, is that identified with what geologists and anthropologists call the "Gibraltar skull," from the place where the skull was found. But all we know of these types of man we must judge from their skulls and from the stone implements and the animals found near them. The skulls of primitive men and of modern men show a certain difference in shape. If we take two skulls, that of a man and a monkey, and draw a line from the region just over the nose to the place at the back of the skull just above where it joins the backbone, there is left above the line a great dome in the human skull, whereas in the monkey the place left above is much flatter and much shallower. Now the skull of the Pithecanthropos erectus found in Java resembles the monkey's skull in this shallowness; and the skulls of the Neandarthal and the Spy men also had shallower brain-pans than the men of to-day. They may, therefore, be either different creatures or they may merely have had smaller brains. We can only say that the creature called Man suddenly appears among the lower animals with a brain some five or six times the bulk (in proportion to his size and weight) of that of any surviving ape. Great as is the difference, it is one of the most curious facts in the history of man's development that the bulk of his brain does not seem to have continued to increase in any very marked degree since the early Ages of Stone. -287- What were the Stone Ages? In the long years before primitive man learned to weld iron or bronze he formed his weapons and his tools from stone and flint; and geologists and antiquarians have discovered several of these "Ages of Stone" of different periods. For example, the Stone Age which our grandfathers spoke of is now called the Neolithic Age; and in the second quarter of the last century it became gradually admitted that man had existed earlier than that and had swung hammers and chipped edges in what we now call Palæolithic times. That would put man back to the age of the Mammoth. But in the last quarter of last century a new claim arose. The Palæolithic stone weapons and tools were made 150,000 years ago, and were manufactured with great skill and even artistic feeling. Within the last ten years much rougher flint implements of peculiar types have been found in gravels which are 500 to 700 feet above the level of the existing rivers—in the drift of which Palæolithic implements were found. To these older, clumsier weapons and tools—if, indeed, implements they be—the name Eoliths was given by Mr. J. Allen Brown. These Eoliths of the south of England and of Belgium indicate a race of men of less developed skill than the makers of the Palæoliths, and carry the antiquity of man at least as far back beyond the Palæoliths as these are from the present day. So much for speculation. But are the Eoliths truly implements, or are they, as a determined school of anthropologists assert, merely flints which fortuitously resemble the rougher variety of true Palæolith? The strongest attack made on their authenticity comes -288- from Professor Boule and M. Laville, of the French School of Mines, who say that in the flint waste of a cement factory at Mantes they have discovered "pseudo-Eoliths" which are made by the action of the water of the mill, and which resemble every known variety of the so-called "Eolith." Their suggestion is that Eoliths were not made by man at all but were produced by the action of running water. To which the Eolithic anthropologists retort that Eoliths ought surely to be produced by running water now, and that some Seine-made Eoliths would be more convincing. The differences between the Mantes specimens and the "true" Eolith cannot be detected by the untrained eye; but, spite of the French sceptics, the school of believers in the genuineness of the Eolith is growing. We need not enter further into these controversies, and we need only say that flint implements of various kinds are found all over the world, in Egypt before the Pharaohs, in Australia, in South Africa, and indeed in every continent. They are being made even to-day by aborigines in Australasia, and there is even a "flint knapping" industry which survives to-day at Brandon, in Suffolk, though these flints are not intended for use as spear-heads or arrow-heads or anything so primitive. There is little geological evidence to show the place where man first appeared; but what we know of his frame and constitution induces us to believe that somewhere in the warm climate of Southern Asia was his first habitation. From this, or from some similar tract in that quarter of the globe, there seems to have been four great migratory -289- movements. These were complicated by reverse movements, by cross migrations, and by wanderings, which we shall probably never altogether understand; and so we can only sum up briefly the chief features of them. The greatest movement appears to have been north-eastward between the great desert and mountain tract of Central Asia on the one hand, and the Pacific on the other, attended by divergences eastward to many islands (as they are now) of the Pacific. When the emigrants got too far north to wish to explore further, they spread out to east and west, forming a belt below the Arctic regions and sending a branch down the whole length of the American Continent. This movement embraced the Mongoloid races, and included the old American Indians and the Malayan races. Before the disturbing influences of man's later development, this branch had three notable centres of civilisation: the Chinese in Asia, the Mexican in North America, and the Peruvian in South America. A second and much less numerous band of emigrants struck out to the south-east, and reaching the southern hemisphere gave rise to the Australian and New Zealand aboriginal races—all peoples who never rose very much or developed notable power. To a third movement to the south-west is assigned the peopling of Africa south of the Sahara with the negro and similar races, which have become very numerous but never very powerful or intelligent. The fourth movement was north-westward across or -290- around the barriers of desert and mountain to Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa. These emigrants were the true adventurers, hardy, progressive, and energetic; and their descendants have developed into the strongest and most vigorous of the human family. The less progressive of them remain still on the further side of the mountains of Western Asia. The three passage-ways used by the original emigrants seem to have been (1) the Red Sea Nile-Valley path, in which the dusky white and the Ethiopian races mingled; (2) the Euphrates Valley, down which the Semitic races moved; and (3) the tracts of the more northerly plateau, across which moved the ancestral Aryan races. It is also quite certain that some races moved backwards by this route and returned to India to give rise to the Brahmins, the most learned race of that country. We have thus traced, so far as our limited knowledge will allow us, the geographical spread of man's dominance. But we cannot associate him with the history that in previous chapters we have roughly traced, of the development of the lower members of the animal kingdom. The qualities which have developed in Man are of such an unprecedented power and so far dominate everything else in his characteristics and surroundings that they justify the view that he forms a new departure in the gradual unfolding of this world's predestined scheme. Knowledge, Reason, Self-consciousness, Will, are the attributes of Man. He goes on from strength to strength, and in the Divine purpose which created him may lie the possibility that in the future he may attain a fuller knowledge than any he -291- yet possesses. The great poet of the Victorian Age wrote of Knowledge:— <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="stanza"> <div class="verse indent0">Flower in the crannied wall</div> <div class="verse indent0">I pluck you out of the crannies;</div> <div class="verse indent0">I hold you there, root and all, in my hand,</div> <div class="verse indent0">Little flower—but if I could understand</div> <div class="verse indent0">What you are, root and all, and all in all,</div> <div class="verse indent0">I should know what God and man is.</div> </div></div> </div> The nearer approach to that understanding is the greatest and truest aim of scientific investigation. The End -292- <hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -293- <h2 class="nobreak" id="INDEX">INDEX</h2></div> <div class="tdc pmb2"> [ A ] [ B ] [ C ] [ D ] [ E ] [ F ] [ G ] [ H ] [ I ] [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] [ M ] [ N ] [ O ] [ P ] [ Q ] [ R ] [ S ] [ T ] [ U ] [ V ] [ W ]</div> Adelsberg, Caverns of, 195 Æpyornis, The, 252 "Age of Lakes," The, 257 Air, how it may become solid, 84 Aleutian Islands, Volcanoes of the, 97 Algæ, 103 Alluvium, 54 America in the Devonian Period, 217; in the Glacial Period, 271 Ammonites, 210 Amœba, The, 100 Andes, Volcanoes of the, 97 Andesite, 184 Andromeda, 92 Animal Life, The first, 104 Animal Species of the Carboniferous Period, 229 Ant, White, The work of the, 44 Anthracite, 133 Apes, The first, 268 Apteryx, The, 252 Archæan Era, 129, 199 Archæopteryx, The, 243 Archelon, The, 249 Arches, The strain on, 25 Aristotle and Earthquakes, 176 -294- Armadillos, 275 Arrhenius, Prof., Theory of, 88 Arsinoitherium, The, 266 Assam, Earthquake in, 155 Atmosphere, has the Moon one? 123; of Mars, 126 Atmospheric pressure, 80, 101 Attraction of bodies, 102 Austen, Sir W. R., his experiment, 85 Avalanches, 69 Babylon, 45 Bacteria in Devonian Period, 217 Baikal, Lake, effects of earthquake, 140 Baltic, Ice in the, 74 Barometer, The use of the, 24 Basalt Rocks, 132 "Beds of Passage," 236 Birds of the Jurassic Period, 243 Bogoslof Islands, 162 Borings, Deep, 79 Boulder-clay deposited by glaciers, 73 Brachiosaurus, The, 241 Brahmaputra, The delta of the, 60 Britain in the Silurian Period, 211; in the Mesozoic Period, 231 British Isles, Ice in the, 75 Brontosaurus, The, 240 Cainozoic Period, The, 199 Calabria, Earthquake in, 149 Calamites, 222-295- Calumet and Hecla Mine, Temperature of, 82 Cambrian Hills, The, 200 Cambrian Period, 117; life in the, 202; surface of the globe in, 205 Carbonate of Lime, 40, 48 Carbonic Acid, The action of, 47 Carboniferous or Mountain Limestone, 218 Carboniferous Period, The atmosphere of, 219; insects, mollusca, vegetation, 220; fish, 224; strata, 226; animal species, 229 Carboniferous System, Extent of the, 227 Cariama, The, or Screamer, 251 Carinthia, Earthquake in, 141 Carrara marble, 134 Cephalopod types, 207 Ceratosaurus, The, 240 Chalk, what it is, 21, 248 Chelonians, The, 233 Climate, The changes of, 33 Coal, 219 Coccosteus, The, 215 Collision of planets, A, 93 Constructive work of earthquakes, 181 Coral Islands, 66 Coral reefs, 63 Coral reefs in the Silurian Age, 210 Coryphodon, The, 259 Cracks in the crust of the Earth, 97 Crater Lakes, 109 Crinoids, The, 210 Crustacea, 131, 202 -296- Crust of the Earth, The study of the, 198 Cyclones, 42 Dead Sea, The, 58 Deltas of rivers, 20 Deposits, how they are made, 20, 45 Depths of the sea, 189 Devonian Period, 212; fishes of the, 216; vegetation, 216; insects, 216; Europe and America, 217 Diamonds, how they are produced, 132 Dinoceras, The, 266 Dinosaurus, The, 240 Diplodocus, The, 241 Dolichosaurs, 249 Dover, The chalk cliffs of, 21 Dredging, The necessity for, 20 Dryopithecus, The, 268 Dryptosaurus, The, 253 Dwina, Fossils in the banks of the, 232 Dykes, 105 Earth, The, not so solid as it looks, 23; its resemblance to a golf ball, 25; its uneven surface, 31 Earth, Weighing the, 88 Earthquake districts, 171 Earthquake, The sensation of an, 137; the cause of an, 166, 170 Earthquake waves, 174 Earthquakes, 23; San Francisco, 140; New Madrid, 140; Lake Baikal, 140; Iceland, 141; Carinthia, 141; Japan, 141; Ocean, 143; Lisbon, 148; Sicily, 149; -297- Chili, 150; Assam, 156; Jamaica, 157; the Mississippi, 158; Sonora, 160; Yakutat Bay, 160 Earthquakes, "Great" and "Small," 172; their constructive and destructive work, 181 Earthworm, The work of the, 44 Edentata, The, 275 "Egg-stone," 236 Eifel District, Crater Lakes of the, 109 Elasmotherium, The, 265 Elephant, The, 260 Elephas Imperator, 280 Emu, The, 260 Encroachment of the sea on the shores of the British Isles, 17 Eocene Period, The, 257 Eohippus, The, 263 Eoliths, 287 Era of the First Plants, 103 Erosion, Sea, 19 "Erratic" blocks deposited by glaciers, 72 Eulalie, Lake, effect of earthquake on, 142 Europe in the Devonian Period, 217 Evolution, 115 Excavations and what they reveal, 34 "Faults," 167 Fish in the carboniferous period, 224 Flint, 248 Flint implements, 288 Florida, Encroachment of the sea on the coast of, 18 Flying Reptiles, 242-298- "Foliated" rocks, 200 Foraminifera, 247 Forests covered by the sea, 19 Fossils, 131; in the banks of the Dwina, 232 Fossil records, 56 Fumaroles, 185 Ganges, The Delta of the, 20 Gases, How metals may be converted into, 84 "General Metamorphism," 133 Geologist, The work of the, 37 Geology, 37 Germany, Sand-dunes in, 46; Ice in, 74 Geysers, 141 Giant's Causeway, 132 "Gibraltar Skull," The, 286 Ginkgo Tree, 228 Glacial Period, The, theories concerning, 272 Glaciers, 69, 270 Globigerina bulloides, 247 Glyptodon, The, 275 Gneiss, 200 Grand Cañon of the Colorado, 54 Graphite, 133 Great Barrier Reef, 66 Great Salt Lake, 57 Hadrosaurus, The, 253 Harwich, Encroachment of the sea at, 17 Hawaii, Lava eruptions in, 105, 187 Heat and Cold, 68-299- Heligoland, Encroachment of the sea on, 18 Hesperornis, The, 249 Horse, The, 259, 264 Hurricanes, 43 Ice in Scandinavia, Scotland, Germany, 74, 270 Iceland, Eruptions in, 106; Earthquakes in, 141, 154 Ichthyornis, The, 250 Ichthyosaurs, The, 234, 239 Igneous rocks, 104 Iguanodon, The, 245 Inostransevia, The, 233 Insect life in the Ordovician Period, 206; in the Devonian Period, 216 "Inter-glacial epochs," 273 Interior of the Earth, Theories concerning the, 87 Isle of Wight, Encroachment of the sea in, 17 Jamaica, Earthquake in, 157 Japan, Earthquake in, 141, 153 Jupiter, 91; as an abode of life, 119 Jupiter Serapis, The Temple of, 181 Jurassic Period, Reptiles of the, 237 Kelvin, Lord, Theory of, 87; concerning Life, 113 Kern, River, Effect of earthquake on, 141 Kingston, Jamaica, Earthquake at, 176 Kipling, Rudyard, 62 Kiwi, The, 252 Krakatoa, The eruption of, 45-300- Lago di Tolfilo, 152 Lakes, Deposits in, 56 Lakes produced by earthquakes, 152, 159 Land and Water, The distribution of, 31 Lariosaurus, The, 234 Laurentian Rocks, 133, 201 Lava eruptions, 105; in N. America, 106; plains, 107 Layers of strata which show the history of a place, 37 Leakage of the sea bottom, 190 Leonids, Lyrids, or Perseids, 99 Lias formation, The, 235, 237 Life, The simplest forms of, 111; theories concerning its origin, 113; early forms, 114; in the Cambrian Period, 202; in the Silurian Period, 203; in the Ordovician Period, 204 Lisbon, Earthquake at, 148 Llama, The, 273 London, What excavations have revealed concerning the site of, 35 Luray, Caverns of, 196 Lycopods, 222 Lyginodendrons, 223 Mammals, The development of, 234, 258 Mammoth, The, 279 Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, 196 Man, 284 Marble, how it is produced, 133 Marl in lakes, 57 Mars, 91; as an abode of life, 119; atmosphere, 126 Marsupials, 237-301- Martinique, Devastation of, by volcano, 186 Mastodon, The, 260 Megatherium, The, 275 Mercury as an abode of life, 118 Meritherium, The, 261 Mesozoic Period, The, 199, 231 Metals may be converted into gases, 84 Meteorites, 96 Microbes and Bacteria, 111 Microlestes, 237 Migrations of the human race, 290 Miller, Hugh, 213 Millstone Grit, 218 Miocene Period, The, 257 Mississippi, The Delta of the, 20; sediment deposited, 51; earthquake in region of, 159 Moa, The, 252, 260 Monsoons, 42 Moon, The, 90; its birth, 100, 120; volcanoes in, 106; as an abode of life, 119; weight, 120; temperature, 124 Moraines, 70 Moraine-stuff, 70 Mountain formation, 167 Mud-banks, how they are made, 19 Mussels, 210 Mylodon, The, 276 Myths concerning earthquakes, 177 Naosaurus, The, 230 Neandarthal man, 285-302- Nebulæ, 92 Negroes, Nature's reason for the dark pigmentation of, 116 Neolithic Age, The, 287 Neptune, 119 New Chum Mine, Temperature of, 83 New Madrid, Earthquake at, 140 Niagara Falls, The work of the, 52 Nile, The Delta of the, 20 Nineveh, 45 North America, Ice in, 76 North Garden Gully Mine, Temperature of, 83 North Sea, The, how it was formed, 19 North Sea, Ice in the, 75 Ocean deposits, 61; life, 114 Oceanic Era, The, 101 Old Red Sandstone, 212 Oolite, 66, 238 Ordovician Period, Life in the, 204; surface of the earth in the, 206; insect life in the, 206; fish in the, 207; the Trilobite, 207 Ordovician rocks, 202 Oreopithecus, The, 268 Organisms, Multicellular and Unicellular, 111 Orion, 92 Ostracoderm group, The, 215 Ostrich, The, 260 Oxygen, The action of, 47 Palæolithic Age, The, 287 Palæomastodon, The, 261-303- Palæozoic Period, The, 199 Palæozoic Alps, The, 219 Pareiasaurus, The, 232 Parsons, Hon. Charles, on the difficulties of deep boring, 79 "Pea-grit," 238 Peak Cavern in Derbyshire, 195 Pearl-oyster, The, 210 Peat-water, The action of, 48 Pelée, Mount, 86, 108; the obelisk, 184 Permian or Dyas formation, 227 Peroxide of Iron, 40 Perseids, 99 Pharorachus, The, 251 Pithecanthropos erectus, 285 Planetismals or Meteorites, 99 Plant life in the Silurian Period, 210 Plants, Era of the first, 103 Pleiades, The, 91 Pleistocene Period, The, 269 Plesiosaurus, The, 234, 239 Pliny on the upheaval of land, 192 Pliocene Period, The, 257 Po, Sediment deposited by the River, 20 Polyps, Coral, 65 "Pot-holes" in Yorkshire, 195 Pre-Cambrian, 201 Pressure, of air, 80; of the ocean, 190 Pressure and weight of rocks, 85; astounding effects of, 134 Pribylof Islands, 164 Proboscideans, The, 273 Proterozoic era, The 130 -304- Pteraspes, The, 215 Pterichthyds, The, 215 Pterodactyls, 242 Pterosaurs, The, 255 Quartzite, 200 Quaternary Period, The, 199 Quebec, Collapse of the bridge of, 25 Rag-stone, 238 Rain, The influence of, 47 Rainfall on the British Isles, 128 Raised Beaches, 151 Red clay deposit in the ocean, 61 Red Sandstone Formation, 212 Reptiles and Amphibians of the Triassic Period, 232; of the Jurassic Period, 237 Reptiles in the Carboniferous Period, 229 Rhinoceros, The, 265 Rhizopods, The, 224 Rhætic beds, 237 Rivers and Streams in the Silurian Age, 209 River Terraces, 55 Rivers, Work done by, 20; records left by, 50 Rocks, how they are made, 79; igneous and sedimentary, 104, 129; "foliated," 200 Rocks, Pressure and weight of, 85 Roestone, 238 Romney Marsh, 60 Rorqual, The, 275 Royal Commission on Sea Erosion, 19 Sabre-toothed Cat, The, 273-305- Saharan desert, The, 22 St. Pierre, Destruction of, by volcano, 186 Salt Lakes, 57 Sambon, Dr., 116 Samotherium, The, 266 San Francisco, Earthquake at, 140, 161 San Gabriel River, effect of earthquake on, 141 Sand-banks and mud-banks, how they are made, 20 Sand-dunes, how they are made, 45 Saturn as an abode of life, 119 Scaly Saurians, 248 Scandinavia, Ice in, 74 Schist, 200 Scotland, Ice in, 74 Sea, depths of the, 189; in the Silurian Age, 210 Sea, The, encroachment on land, 17; Isle of Wight, 17; British Isles, 17; Florida, 18; Heligoland, 18; Erosion, 19; its work, 19 Seaquakes, 143; Chilian coast, 144; the Florence Nightingale, 145; sensation of, 145; origin of, 147 Sea-water, The action of, 65 Sediment deposited by rivers, 20, 51 Sedimentary rocks, 104, 129 See, Dr. J. J., his theory concerning the interior of the earth, 88 Seismology, 23; in Japan, 153 Seismometers, 24, 153 Shape of the Earth, The, 31 Sharks, 216 Shingle, how it accumulated, 60 Shells found on dry land, 19; -306-forests covered by, 19 Shells in lakes, Deposit of, 57; in the ocean, 63 Shetland Islands, Action of the sea on the, 59 Sigillarias, 222 Silchester, 45 Silica, 40 Silurian Period, Scorpions and insects in the, 203; surface of the earth in the, 208; rivers and streams, 209; coral reefs, 210; fish, 210; plant life, 210; Britain, 211 Silurian rocks, 202 Sivatherium, The, 266 Snail-shells in lakes, 57 Snakes, First appearance of, 255 Snow and Ice Age, 68 Sonora, Earthquake at, 160 Sperm Whale, The, 274 Sphenodon, The, 230 "Spy men," 286 Stars, The, 91 Steam a cause of earthquakes Stegosaurus, The, 242 Stone Age, The, 287 Stones smoothed by water, 55 Strata, The earth's, 78 Strokkur geyser in Iceland, 141 Submarine volcanoes, 187 Subterranean caves, how caused, 195 Sun, The, 90; as an abode of life, 118 Tapir, The, 273 Temperature of borings, The, 83; of the Moon, 124; -307-of Mars, 126 Temperature, Changes of, 33 Terminal moraines, 76 Tertiary Period, The, 257 Tetrabelodon Mastodon, The, 260 Thames, Sediment deposited by the, 21 Tides, 87, 102 Titanotherium, The, 265 Tornadoes, 43 Torrents, The action of, 52 Torridonian Sandstones, 130 Trade Winds, 42 Triassic Period, The, 231 Triceratops, The, 253 Trilobite, The, 204; in the Ordovician Period, 207 "Trinil Man," The, 285 Typhoons, 43 Ultima Speranza Cave, The, 276 Upheaval of land, 151, 181 Uranus, 119 Valais Mountains glacier, 72 Valparaiso, Earthquake at, 160 Vegetation on the Moon, 124; of the Devonian Period, 216; of the Carboniferous Period, 220; of the Jurassic Period, 245 Venus as an abode of life, 118 Vertebrates, Evolution of the, 225 Volcanoes of the Andes, 97; in the Moon, 106 Water, The action of, 47; its power, 51 Water, The formation of, 109-308- Wateree, The, carried inland by a vast wave, 144 Waterspouts: how they are caused, 44 Waves caused by earthquakes, 143, 144, 145; the Chilian coast, 144; Hakodate, 144; the ship Wateree, 144; Arica, 144; Samoa, 145; N. 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With many illustrations "Graphic and absorbing descriptions of the wonderful inventions of our day."—Graphic </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bbox"> THE ROMANCE OF MODERN LOCOMOTION Containing interesting descriptions of the rise and development of the railroad systems in all parts of the world By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS B.A., F.R.G.S. With twenty-five Illustrations "Crisply written, brimful of incident. To intelligent lads should be as welcome as a Ballantyne story." Glasgow Herald </td> <td class="bbox"> THE ROMANCE OF MINING Containing interesting descriptions of the Methods of Mining for Minerals in all parts of the World By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS B.A., F.R.G.S. With twenty-four illustrations "We cannot praise this book too highly."—British Weekly </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bbox"> THE ROMANCE OF POLAR EXPLORATION Adventures Arctic and Antarctic, from the Earliest Times to the Voyage of the "Discovery" By G. FIRTH SCOTT With twenty-four illustrations Extra Crown 8vo. 5s. "Thrillingly interesting." Liverpool Courier </td> <td class="bbox"> THE ROMANCE OF THE MIGHTY DEEP A popular account of the Ocean, the Laws by which it is ruled, its wonderful powers and strange inhabitants By AGNES GIBERNE With illustrations "Most fascinating; admirably adapted for the young." Daily News </td> </tr> </table> SEELEY & COMPANY LIMITED -iii- <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE OF SAVAGE LIFE</h3> DESCRIBING THE HABITS, CUSTOMS, EVERYDAY LIFE, &c., OF PRIMITIVE MAN By Prof. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT, M.A., B.Sc., &c. With Thirty Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo. 5s. "Mr. Scott Elliot has hit upon a good idea in this attempt to set forth the life of the primitive savage. On the whole, too, he has carried it out well and faithfully.... We can recommend the book as filling a gap."—Athenæum. "A readable contribution to the excellent series of which it forms a part. Mr. Scott Elliot writes pleasantly...he possesses a sufficiently vivid imagination to grasp the relation of a savage to his environment."—Nature. "There are things of remarkable interest in this volume, and it makes excellent reading and represents much research."—Spectator. <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE PLANT LIFE</h3> DESCRIBING THE CURIOUS AND INTERESTING IN THE PLANT WORLD By Prof. G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT, M.A., B.Sc, &c. With Thirty-four Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo. 5s. "The author has worked skilfully into his book details of the facts and inferences which form the groundwork of modern Botany. The illustrations are striking, and cover a wide field of interest, and the style is lively."—Athenæum. "In twenty-nine fascinating, well-printed, and well-illustrated chapters, Prof. Scott Elliot describes a few of the wonders of plant life. A very charming and interesting volume."—Daily Telegraph. "Mr. Scott Elliot is of course a well-known authority on all that concerns plants, and the number of facts he has brought together will not only surprise but fascinate all his readers."—Westminster Gazette. SEELEY & CO., Ltd., 38 Great Russell Street -iv- <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD</h3> DESCRIBING THE CURIOUS AND INTERESTING IN NATURAL HISTORY By EDMUND SELOUS With Sixteen full-page Illustrations "Mr. Selous takes a wide range in Nature, he has seen many wonders which he relates. Open the book where we will we find something astonishing."—Spectator. "It is in truth a most fascinating book, as full of incidents and as various in interest as any other work of imagination, and, beyond the pleasure in the reading there is the satisfaction of knowing that one is in the hands of a genuine authority on some of the most picturesque subjects that natural history affords. Mr. Selous method is strong, safe, and sound. The volume has numerous illustrations of a high order of workmanship and a handsome binding of striking design.—School Government Chronicle. "This is a very fascinating volume, full of picturesquely written descriptions of the life, habits, and customs of a number of birds and beasts, including beavers, seals, bears, penguins, crocodiles, and a host of other creatures."—Graphic. "A fund of information and amusement will be found in the pages of this handsomely bound book. From the lowest animals of all, the Infusoria, to the lion and the elephant, all come within the range of Mr. Selous' observation, and he builds up out of the vast material at his disposal a very readable narrative. The illustrations are carefully drawn, and are very true to nature."—Education. "The volume would make an excellent present for an intelligent boy, being full of interesting and sometimes thrilling stories from the wide field of natural history. It is well written in a clear, easy style which is to be commended. Mr. Edmund Selous has made a most interesting collection of striking facts, and the book has one of the prettiest covers that I have seen."—Daily News. <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE OF MODERN EXPLORATION</h3> WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF CURIOUS CUSTOMS, THRILLING ADVENTURES, AND INTERESTING DISCOVERIES OF EXPLORERS IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, B.A. (Oxon.), F.R.G.S. With Twenty-six Illustrations "A mine of information and stirring incident."—Scotsman. "Mr. Williams is most catholic in his choice, taking his readers to soar in a balloon with the luckless Andree, to wander in African forests and Australian deserts, to seek for the North Pole with Nansen, and even to note such an up-to-date expedition as that of the 'Discovery' in the Antarctic Regions, to cite but the most prominent. Mr. Williams has done this work most judiciously,...a book which will delight both young and old alike."—Graphic. "The book unites strong natural attractiveness with valuable geographical information to a degree probably unequalled by any other that might be offered as appropriate for the purpose of a gift book or the recreative library."—School Government Chronicle. "It is a kind of epitome of the best travel books of our time, and is exceedingly well done."—Academy. SEELEY & CO., Ltd., 38 Great Russell Street -v- <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE OF INSECT LIFE</h3> DESCRIBING THE CURIOUS & INTERESTING IN THE INSECT WORLD By EDMUND SELOUS AUTHOR OF "THE ROMANCE OF THE ANIMAL WORLD," ETC. With Sixteen Illustrations.        Extra Crown 8vo.       5s. "An entertaining volume, one more of a series which seeks with much success to describe the wonders of nature and science in simple, attractive form."—Graphic. "Offers most interesting descriptions of the strange and curious inhabitants of the insect world, sure to excite inquiry and to foster observation. There are ants white and yellow, locusts and cicadas, bees and butterflies, spiders and beetles, scorpions and cockroaches—and especially ants—with a really scientific investigation of their wonderful habits, not in dry detail, but in free and charming exposition and narrative. An admirable book to put in the hands of a boy or girl with a turn for natural science—and whether or not."—Educational Times. "Both interesting and instructive. Such a work as this is genuinely educative. There are numerous illustrations."—Liverpool Courier. "With beautiful original drawings by Carton Moore Park and Lancelot Speed, and effectively bound in dark blue cloth, blazoned with scarlet and gold."—Lady. "Admirably written and handsomely produced. Mr. Selous's volume shows careful research, and the illustrations of insects and the results of their powers are well done."—World. <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE OF MODERN MECHANISM</h3> INTERESTING DESCRIPTIONS IN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF WONDERFUL MACHINERY, MECHANICAL DEVICES, & MARVELLOUSLY DELICATE SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS By ARCHIBALD WILLIAMS, B.A. (Oxon.), F.R.G.S. AUTHOR OF "THE ROMANCE OF MODERN EXPLORATION," ETC. With Twenty-six Illustrations.         Extra Crown 8vo.         5s. "No boy will be able to resist the delights of this book, full to the brim of instructive and wonderful matter."—British Weekly. "This book has kept your reviewer awake when he reasonably expected to be otherwise engaged. We do not remember coming across a more fascinating volume, even to a somewhat blasé reader whose business it is to read all that comes in his way. The marvels, miracles they should be called, of the modern workshop are here exploited by Mr. Williams for the benefit of readers who have not the opportunity of seeing these wonders or the necessary mathematical knowledge to understand a scientific treatise on their working. Only the simplest language is used and every effort is made, by illustration or by analogy, to make sufficiently clear to the non-scientific reader how the particular bit of machinery works and what its work really is. Delicate instruments, calculating machines, workshop machinery, portable tools, the pedrail, motors ashore and afloat, fire engines, automatic machines, sculpturing machines—these are a few of the chapters which crowd this splendid volume."—Educational News. "It is difficult to make descriptions of machinery and mechanism interesting, but Mr. Williams has the enviable knack of doing so, and it is hardly possible to open this book at any page without turning up something which you feel you must read; and then you cannot stop till you come to the end of the chapter."—Electricity. "This book is full of interest and instruction, and is a welcome addition to Messrs. Seeley and Company's Romance Series."—Leeds Mercury. "A book of absorbing interest for the boy with a mechanical turn, and indeed for the general reader."—Educational Times. "An instructive and well-written volume."—Hobbies. SEELEY & CO., Ltd., 38 Great Russell Street -vi- <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE ROMANCE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY</h3> DESCRIBING IN NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT ELECTRICITY & MANY OF ITS INTERESTING APPLICATIONS By CHARLES R. GIBSON, A.I.E.E. AUTHOR OF "ELECTRICITY OF TO-DAY," ETC. Extra Crown 8vo.         With 34 Illustrations and 11 Diagrams.       5s. "Everywhere Mr. Charles R. Gibson makes admirable use of simple analogies which bespeak the practised lecturer, and bring the matter home without technical detail. The attention is further sustained by a series of surprises. The description of electric units, the volt, the ohm, and especially the ampere, is better than we have found in more pretentious works."—Academy. "Mr. Gibson's style is very unlike the ordinary text-book. It is fresh, and is non-technical. Its facts are strictly scientific, however, and thoroughly up to date. If we wish to gain a thorough knowledge of electricity pleasantly and without too much trouble on our own part, we will read Mr. Gibson's 'Romance.'"—Expository Times. "A book which the merest tyro totally unacquainted with elementary electrical principles can understand, and should therefore especially appeal to the lay reader. Especial interest attaches to the chapter on wireless telegraphy, a subject which is apt to 'floor' the uninitiated. The author reduces the subject to its simplest aspect, and describes the fundamental principles underlying the action of the coherer in language so simple that anyone can grasp them."—Electricity. "Contains a clear and concise account of the various forms in which electricity is used at the present day, and the working of the telephone, wireless telegraphy, tramcars, and dynamos is explained with the greatest possible lucidity, while the marvels of the X-rays and of radium receive their due notice. Now that electricity plays such an all-important part in our daily life, such a book as this should be in the hands of every boy. Indeed, older people would learn much from its pages. For instance, how few people could explain the principles of wireless telegraphy in a few words if suddenly questioned on the subject. The book is well and appropriately illustrated."—Graphic. "Mr. Gibson sets out to describe in non-technical language the marvellous discoveries and adaptation of this pervasive and powerful essence, and being a most thorough master of the subject, he leads the reader through its mazes with a sure hand. Throughout he preserves a clear and authoritative style of exposition which will be understood by any intelligent reader."—Yorkshire Observer. "A popular and eminently readable manual for those interested in electrical appliances. It describes in simple and non-technical language what is known about electricity and many of its interesting applications. There are a number of capital illustrations and diagrams which will help the reader greatly in the study of the book."—Record. SEELEY & CO., Ltd., 38 Great Russell Street -vii- <hr class="tb" /> <h3>THE LIBRARY OF ADVENTURE.</h3> With 16 Illustrations. Extra Crown 8vo. Each 5s. "Delightful books of adventure, beautifully printed and tastefully got up."—Educational Times. 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