Tropical Nature, and Other EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1878 - 356 pages |
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Page iii
... TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION , " ETC. , ETC. London : MACMILLAN AND CO . 1878 . [ The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved . ] MUSEUMS GIFT GAIGE COLL . 5-31-83 2206274 7-28-83 THE TROPICS TROPICAL NATURE ,
... TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION , " ETC. , ETC. London : MACMILLAN AND CO . 1878 . [ The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved . ] MUSEUMS GIFT GAIGE COLL . 5-31-83 2206274 7-28-83 THE TROPICS TROPICAL NATURE ,
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... TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird and insect ever on the wing ...
... TROPICS . LAND of the Sun ! where joyous green - robed Spring And leaf - crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever ; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing , But bird and insect ever on the wing ...
Page vii
... tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a general view of the phenomena which are essentially tropical , or to determine the causes and ...
... tropics have been depicted by master hands and with glowing colours . But , so far as I am aware , no one has yet attempted to give a general view of the phenomena which are essentially tropical , or to determine the causes and ...
Page viii
... tropics of the equatorial zone , where the characteristic phenomena of tropical life are fully manifested . So many of the most remarkable forms of life are now restricted to the tropics , and the relations of these to extinct types ...
... tropics of the equatorial zone , where the characteristic phenomena of tropical life are fully manifested . So many of the most remarkable forms of life are now restricted to the tropics , and the relations of these to extinct types ...
Page ix
... tropical zones ; while the essay " Distribution of Animals and Geographical Changes , " elucidates the relations of the several continents in past time , and the probable origin of many of the groups now characteristic of tropical or of ...
... tropical zones ; while the essay " Distribution of Animals and Geographical Changes , " elucidates the relations of the several continents in past time , and the probable origin of many of the groups now characteristic of tropical or of ...
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