More Science from an Easy Chair

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Sir RAY LANKESTER K.C.B., F.R.S.
WITH 34 ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON

First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1920
Originally published by Messrs. Adlard & Son in 1913 First published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914 Second Edition 1915 Third Edition 1920

The present volume is a reprint of that issued in 1912 with the title, Science from an Easy Chair: Second Series. It consists, like its predecessors, of chapters originally published by me in the Daily Telegraph , which I have revised and illustrated by a large number of drawings. In order to render the issue of the present cheap edition possible, it has been found necessary to restrict its size a little by the omission of chapters dealing with Glaciers, Ferns and Fern-seed, and the history of the Sea-squirts or Ascidians, which are contained in the original larger book. My hope is that this collection of papers, about a number of things, may meet with as kind a reception from my readers as that which they have accorded to its predecessors.
E. RAY LANKESTER July 1, 1920