A SERIES OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. BY J. E. TAYLOR, PH.D., F.L.S., F.G.S, ETC. 66 99 66 AUTHOR OF HALF-HOURS AT THE SEASIDE,' HALF-HOURS IN TIIE GREEN LANES," FLOWERS: THEIR ORIGIN, SHAPES, ETC.," PREFACE. QE 35 T24 1904 EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY THE "Stories" whose collection make up this little volume originally appeared in 'Science Gossip' and other magazines. They are now arranged in their geological order, so that it has been attempted to give as simple and picturesque a view of the past history of the globe as possible. The favourable reception given to the "Stories" during their separate publication was an encouragement to their issue in the present form. The illustrations which now appear are an addition, and the matter which originally appeared has been corrected, and brought up to date as far as possible. The author knows that scientific men are too anxious to have their audiences increased to quarrel with any honest means by which that desired end may be brought about. In the publication of these "Stories," no better object has been in view than that of trying to make the number of people who were prejudiced against, or careless about, the grand deductions of Geology, interested in a science which is now influencing almost every department of modern thought. M358791 |