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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

Excerpt from The Animal Life of Our Sea-Shore: With Special Reference to the New Jersey Coast and the Southern Shore of Long IslandIN my official capacity as Curator of the Acad emy of Natural Sciences I have been frequently requested to prepare a small hand-book on the local fauna of Philadelphia and on the animal life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks...

Excerpt from The Temperate and Alpine Floras of the Giant Volcanoes of Mexico: Being a Report From the Committee on the Michaux LegacyA Specimen of the Mountain Flora of South Mexico and Central America 'biologia centrali-americana, Botany, iv, pp. 282 - 298, 1887.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historica...

Excerpt from Around the World, Vol. 1: Contributions to a Knowledge of the Earth and Its InhabitantsThe level of perpetual snow in the Sel kirks is found at about 7000 feet, and it is doubtful if any of the mountain peaks rise above this line. Sir Donald, with an altitude somewhat exceeding 10 600 feet, is seemingly the loftiest summit. The stately growth of fir, cedar, spruce, and hemlock - some of the trees of gigantic dimensions - approache...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

A Review of the Fossil Ostreidæ of North America and a Comparison of the Fossil With the Living Forms is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1883.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and...

Excerpt from Explorations on the West Coast of Florida and in the Okeechobee Wilderness: With Special Reference to the Geology and Zoology of the Floridian Peninsula, A Narrative of Researches Undertaken Under the Auspices of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of PhiladelphiaThe Wagner Free Institute of Science was founded by the late William Wagner, a citizen Of Philadelphia, who devoted a long lifetime to the study and advancement Of the s...

Excerpt from Town Geology, The Lesson of the Philadelphia Rocks: Studies of Nature Along the Highways and Among the Byways of a Metropolitan TownRubbing against each other. Here, the finer stone particles - the sand and earth - have been washed out from between the larger.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important h...

Excerpt from A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary of the World: Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., On Every Portion of the GlobeNo pains have been spared to secure accuracy in every department of the gazet teer. A long and varied experience in the field of encyclopmdia-making on the part of the Editors has ...

Excerpt from A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, or Geographical Dictionary of the World: Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., On Every Portion of the GlobeNo pains have been spared to secure accuracy in every department of the gazet teer. A long and varied experience in the field of encyclopmdia-making on the part of the Editors has ...

Excerpt from The Bermuda Islands, A Contribution to the Physical History and Zoology of the Somers Archipelago: With an Examination of the Structure of Coral Reefs, Researches Undertaken Under the Auspices of the Academy of Natural Sciences of PhiladelphiaMy first impression of the Bermudas was one of disappoint ment. I had heardso much of the hundred islands, of the luxuriant vegetation, that I found it difficult to realize that these undulat...

Excerpt from Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique: A Study of the Great Catastrophes of 1902, With Observations and Experiences in the FieldThe illustrations that accompany the work are largely from photographs taken by the author himself, and many of them represent, in a way that has probably not been possible before, the consecutive stages in the paroxysmal eruption of a very active volcano. Other photographs were obtained through the ki...

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Excerpt from The Geographical and Geological, Distribution of Animals The subject of geographical and geological distribution is so vast that no full treatment of it could be expected in the limited number of pages set apart for it in the present work. The author has, therefore, been obliged to omit, or at least largely ignore, the consideration of some of the less impor tant animal groups, and, while, recognising the deficiencies resulting f...

Excerpt from The Geological Evidences of Evolution While much has been done toward popular izing the subject of Evolution, whether in the way of expounding the principles of the doctrine, or of gathering in the proofs in favor of it, there has not thus far appeared, to the knowledge of the author, any collective or consecutive statement of the evidence which geology and paleontology present in support of organic transmutation. With the view o...