The Book of Shells

The Book of Shells - Containing the Classes Mollusca, Conchifera, Cirrhipeda, Annulata, and Crustacea

In describing that portion of the system of Natural History which embraces the Vertebral Animals,namely, the Mammalia, the Birds, the Reptiles, and the Fishes,the arrangement of the Baron Cuvier was adopted. In the present little volume, as well as in two others that are to follow, and which, together, will comprise the Invertebral Animals, the method of M. Lamarck will be adhered to. It is true, that, since the works of that naturalist were published, many deviations from certain parts of his system have taken place, some of which have received the sanction of the highest names; but still, as a whole, Lamarcks System remains unrivalled, and the young naturalist can readily add to the information it contains, by reference to the works of more recent authors, in case he has sufficient inclination and industry to follow out the subject. In reviewing the first Division of the animal kingdom, namely, the vertebral animals, we cannot fail to have been delighted with the wonderful and appropriate faculties bestowed upon each individual; but, beautiful and well adapted to the use of their possessors as these faculties may have appeared, our pleasure must be still greater in tracing the powers with which those creatures are endowed, which constitute what we have been accustomed to call the lower orders of animated nature. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 60961
Author: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). Committee of General Literature and Education
Release Date: Dec 18, 2019
Format: eBook
Language: English