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_Table of Contents_


PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HARVEY      _Frontispiece_

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BRAMWELL, JOHN MILNE
    Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and Theory      1


BUFFON, COMTE DE
    Natural History      12


CHAMBERS, ROBERT
    Vestiges of Creation      22


CUVIER, GEORGES
    The Surface of the Globe      33


DARWIN, CHARLES
    The Origin of Species      43


DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY
    Elements of Chemical Philosophy      64


FARADAY, MICHAEL
    Experimental Researches in Electricity      75
    The Chemical History of a Candle      85


FOREL, AUGUSTE
    The Se