Science Books

Butterflies and Moths, Shown to the Children

Theodore Wood

In this little book I want to tell you something about the common butterflies and moths which you may find in almost all parts of the country. But, first of all, I think that perhaps I had better say ..

The Sea-Shore, Shown to the Children

Theodore Wood

In this little book I want to talk to you about some of the strange and wonderful creatures which you may find when you go to stay by the sea-side. And first of all I should like to tell you something..

Trees, Shown to the Children

C. E. Smith

In this little book I have written about some of the trees which you are likely to find growing wild in this country, and Miss Kelman has painted for you pictures of these trees, with drawings of the ..

The Flowering Plants of South Africa (Vol. 3)

I.B. Pole Capart

In the Botanical Magazine, an excellent figure of this species was given with some critical notes by Sir Joseph Hooker on the taxonomic affinities of the species, and recently (Kew Bulletin, 1920) Mr...

Gleanings from the Note-book of a Field Geologist

Sir Archibald Geikie

Those who have had experience of field-geology, know how vain it is to attempt to compress into a page or two the results of years, and that a few vague general directions are about the utmost that ca..

The Butterflies and Moths of Teneriffe

A. E. Holt White

All the species and varieties of Teneriffe butterflies, with the exception perhaps of three, are found between the months of November and May; so that anyone staying there for the winter and spring mo..

The Life of the Scorpion

Jean-Henri Fabre

On the other hand, I know of another function, which is very easily observed when the Scorpion meanders, belly uppermost, over the wire trellis of my dish-covers. When he is at rest, the two combs are..

The Sacred Beetle, and Others

Jean-Henri Fabre

This is the first of the four volumes containing Fabre’s essays on Beetles, the order of insects to which, if we judge by his output, he devoted the longest study. Of the eighteen chapters that m..