Nature Books

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation

Robert Chambers

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation is an 1844 work of speculative natural history and philosophy by Robert Chambers.Excerpts:It is familiar knowledge that the earth which we inhabit is a glob..

The Burgess Bird Book for Children

Thornton W. Burgess

The Burgess Bird Book for Children is a zoology book written in the form of a story featuring Peter Rabbit. Peter learns from his friend Jenny Wren all about the birds of North America, and we meet ma..

Woodland Tales

Ernest Thompson Seton

Woodland Tales is a collection of tales written for children and young readers by Ernest Thompson Seton was an author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians.These Mother Carey Tales w..

Chocolate - or, An Indian Drinke

Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma

Chocolate: or, An Indian Drinke By the wise and Moderate use whereof, Health is preserved, Sicknesse Diverted, and Cured, especially the Plague of the Guts; vulgarly called _The New Disease_; Fluxes, ..

Valerius Terminus - Of the Interpretation of Nature

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, PC QC was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are credited with developing the scient..

The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation

Thomas Henry Huxley

The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation. Lecture IV. (of VI.), "Lectures to Working Men", at the Museum of Practical Geology, 1863, on Darwin's Work: "Origin of Specie..

Blacky the Crow

Thornton W. Burgess

Blacky the Crow is always watching for things not intended for his sharp eyes. The result is that he gets into no end of trouble which he could avoid. In this respect he is just like his cousin, Sammy..

Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification

Samuel Butler

This second edition of Luck, or Cunning? is a reprint of the first edition, dated 1887, but actually published in November, 1886.  The only alterations of any consequence are in the Index, which ..