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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеCHAPTER I. THE DIVERSITY OF CLIMATES WITHIN THE TROPICS.
CHAPTER III. THE PUNA, OR THE HIGH TABLE-LANDS OF PERU AND BOLIVIA.
CHAPTER IV. THE PERUVIAN SAND-COAST.
CHAPTER V. THE AMAZONS, THE GIANT RIVER OF THE TORRID ZONE.
CHAPTER VI. THE PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF TROPICAL AMERICA.
CHAPTER VII. THE WILD INDIANS OF TROPICAL AMERICA.
CHAPTER VIII. THE MEXICAN PLATEAUS, AND THE SLOPES OF SIKKIM.
CHAPTER IX. THE KALAHARI AND THE BUSHMEN.
CHAPTER XI. THE BEDOUINS OF ARABIA.
CHAPTER XII. GIANT TREES AND CHARACTERISTIC FORMS OF TROPICAL VEGETATION.
CHAPTER XIII. PALMS AND FERNS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE CHIEF ESCULENT PLANTS OF THE TORRID ZONE.
CHAPTER XV. SUGAR, COFFEE, CACAO, COCA.
CHAPTER XVI. TROPICAL PLANTS USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
CHAPTER XVII. TROPICAL SPICES.
CHAPTER XVIII. TROPICAL INSECTS, SPIDERS, AND SCORPIONS.
CHAPTER XIX. INSECT PLAGUES AND INSECT SERVICES.
CHAPTER XXI. THE TROPICAL OCEAN.
CHAPTER XXII. THE PAPUANS AND POLYNESIANS.
CHAPTER XXIV. LIZARDS, FROGS AND TOADS.
CHAPTER XXV. TORTOISES AND TURTLES.
CHAPTER XXVI. CROCODILES AND ALLIGATORS.
CHAPTER XXVII. TROPICAL BIRD LIFE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. TROPICAL BIRDS OF PREY.
CHAPTER XXIX. THE OSTRICH AND THE CASSOWARY.
CHAPTER XXXI. TROPICAL RUMINANTS AND EQUIDÆ.
CHAPTER XXXII. THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RHINOCEROS.
CHAPTER XXXV. TROPICAL FELIDÆ.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE AUSTRALIAN RACE.
CHAPTER XLI. THE AFRICAN NEGROES.
GENERAL LIST OF WORKS PUBLISHED BY Messrs. LONGMANS, GREEN, READER, and DYER.
History, Politics, Historical Memoirs, &c.
Criticism, Philosophy, Polity, &c.
Miscellaneous Works and Popular Metaphysics .
Astronomy, Meteorology, Popular Geography, &c.
Natural History and Popular Science .
Chemistry, Medicine, Surgery, and the Allied Sciences.
The Fine Arts, and Illustrated Editions.
The Useful Arts, Manufactures, &c.
