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This book is written for those who have some elementary knowledge of Physiology. It gives a general outline of the origin, structure, typical forms, and functions of living things, so as to serve as an introduction to the examination of the objects themselves.

Although a text-book must of necessity be a compilation of facts, yet many years of practical experience with the microscope have enabled the writer to describe many things with the confidence of personal observation. Some of the illustrations are original, others have been selected from Dr. Carpenter’s works on Physiology and the Microscope, T. R. Jones on Zoology, Lindley’s Botany, Mac Ginley’s Introduction to Biology, and other standard works.

It has been the aim of the author to guide the student through the fundamental principles of Biology to the contemplation of the vast temple of animated nature, with its varied compartments intimately connected with each other, and with the central one of all, the human type. In every avenue and chamber and dome of this wondrous edifice the Christian student recognizes the truth that “power belongeth unto God.”

Oakland, Cal., January, 1880.