PREFACE.
LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. an introduction to the study of nature.
CHAPTER II. ways and means of studying nature.
CHAPTER III. the stellar realm.
Motions of the Spheres.
The Solar System.
The Constitution of the Sun.
CHAPTER IV. the earth.
CHAPTER V. the atmosphere.
Whirling Storms.
The System of Waters.
The Ocean Currents.
The Circuit of the Rain.
Geological Work of Water.
Lakes.
CHAPTER VI. glaciers.
CHAPTER VII. the work of underground water.
Volcanoes.
CHAPTER VIII. the soil.
CHAPTER IX. the rocks and their order.
Earthquakes.
Duration of Geological Time.
The Moon.
Methods in studying Geology.
INDEX.
