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Wildwood WaysWildwood WaysTO-DAY came with a flashing sun that looked through crystal-clear atmosphere into the eyes of a keen northwest wind that had dried up all of Novembers fog and left no trace of moisture to hold its keenness and touch you with its chill....
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Woodland PathsWoodland PathsTHE night was dark and bitter cold, though it was early March. Over in the dismal depths of Pigeon Swamp, where no pigeons have nested for nearly a half century though it is as wild and lone to-day as it was when they...
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Wood WanderingsWood WanderingsTO-DAY the September west winds have begun the fall house-cleaning by sweeping the tops of the pine woods. All the morning the little brown scales which nestle close to the base of each pine leaf as it grows, protecting it from the withering...
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Florida trails as seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to April inclusiveFlorida trails as seen from Jacksonville to Key West and from November to April inclusiveAS SEEN FROM JACKSONVILLE TO KEY WEST AND FROM NOVEMBER TO APRIL INCLUSIVE BY WINTHROP PACKARD Author of Wild Pastures, Wood Wanderings, etc. ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE AUTHOR AND...
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The century science seriesCharles Darwin and the Theory of Natural SelectionIn the following pages I have tried to express a sense of the greatness of my subject by simplicity and directness of statement. The limits of the work necessarily prevented any detailed treatment, the subject of the...
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Life and deathLife and deathThe educated and inquiring public of the present day addresses to the experts who have specialized in every imaginable subject the question that was asked in olden times of Euclid by King Ptolemy Philadelphus, Protector of Letters. Recoiling in dismay from the...
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This Then is Upland PasturesThis Then is Upland Pastures - Being some out-door essays dealing with the beautiful things that the spring and summer bring When the warm rains succeed winters driving downpours, and the young grass begins to mantle the meadows with tender green, is the time,...
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Essays of a BiologistEssays of a BiologistA preface should be long, like one of Mr. Shaws, or short. I propose the latter. The essays here collected were written on very various occasions. This must excuse the considerable overlap that will be found among them. I have not...
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Wild PasturesWild PasturesTHE most beautiful place which can be found on earth of a June morning is a New England pasture, and fortunate are we New Englanders who love the open in the fact that, whatever town or city may be our home, the old-time...
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Gold Hunting in AlaskaGold Hunting in AlaskaThe following story was originally written in pencil on any sort of paper at hand, and intended merely for "the folks at home." It is only by a prior claim to the manuscript that the young gold-hunter's mother has obtained his...
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The Evolution Theory, Vol. 2 of 2The Evolution Theory, Vol. 2 of 2Budding and divisionEvery theory of regeneration in the meantime only provisional, a mere 'portmanteau theory'Regeneration not a primary characterVolvoxHydraVital affinitiesPlanariansHeteromorphosesEnemies of Hydroid-coloniesRegeneration in PlantsIn AmphibiansIn EarthwormsDifferent degrees of regenerative capacity according to the liability of the part to...
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Ihmissyöjäin vankina: Seikkailuja Afrikan aarniometsissäIhmissyöjäin vankina: Seikkailuja Afrikan aarniometsissäI. Koulusta lht. II. Merelle. III. Vastenmielisi uutisia. IV. Varkaus ja pako. V. Maissa kynti. VI. Minut vangitaan. VII. Mielenkiintoinen keskustelu. VIII. Pakoni orjalaivasta. IX. Alkuasukasten joukossa. X. Pappien luona. XI. Jnnittv matka. XII. Sismaassa. XIII. Ihmissyjin vankina. XIV. Kuolemaakin...
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The Clerk of the WoodsThe Clerk of the WoodsThe chapters of this book were written week by week for simultaneous publication in the Evening Transcript of Boston and the Mail and Express of New York, and were intended to be a kind of weekly chronicle of the course...
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Intelligence in Plants and AnimalsIntelligence in Plants and Animals - Being a New Edition of the Author's Privately Issued "Soul and Immortality." Nothing is more charming to the mind of man than the study of Nature. Religion, moderation and magnanimity have been made a part of his inner...
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Darwinism. The Noachian FloodDarwinism. The Noachian Flood - A lecture delivered before the Torquay Natural History Society, Jan. 31st, 1870Darwinism implies almost throughout that no universal Deluge has drowned our globe, either within the last ten thousand years, or even within a period indefinitely longer. Let us...
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Rod and gun seriesThe Young Wild-FowlersIt was a clear, cold night in October. The fresh breeze that came in through the window from the bay made blankets comfortable, but neither Don nor Bert would consent to have the windows of their sleeping-room closed. This was the first...
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Two Ways of Becoming a HunterTwo Ways of Becoming a Hunter"Well, now, you had better take a friend's advice, and think twice before you do that.[Pg 2] You'll get yourself into trouble, sure. The rule of our school is that you must bring a written excuse every time you...
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The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, Volume 1 (of 2)The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, Volume 1 (of 2)Before setting sail from Southampton, it may perhaps be as well to devote a few pages explanatory of the early history and discovery of Vancouver Island; why we are going there; and the...
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The Evolution Theory, Vol. 1 of 2The Evolution Theory, Vol. 1 of 2When a life of pleasant labour is drawing towards a close, the wish naturally asserts itself to gather together the main results, and to combine them in a well-defined and harmonious picture which may be left as a...
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In the Christmas WoodsIn the Christmas Woods - Being the introductory essay of a series on observations of nature through the yearWe ought to observe that even the things that follow after the things which are produced according to nature contain something pleasing and attractive.... The ears...
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