| PAGE |
| CHAPTER I | |
| THE BUILDING OF THE EARTH | [17] |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE EARTH'S SHAPE | [29] |
| CHAPTER III | |
| EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON THE EARTH'S HISTORY | [39] |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| RECORDS LEFT BY RIVERS | [50] |
| CHAPTER V | |
| RECORDS LEFT BY THE SEA | [59] |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| COLD AND ICE ON THE EARTH | [67] |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| THE FIRE-HARDENED ROCKS | [78] |
| CHAPTER VIII | |
| THE EARTH AT ITS BEGINNING | [90] |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| THE CHILDHOOD OF THE EARTH | [98] |
| CHAPTER X | |
| THE EARTH AS THE ABODE OF LIFE | [108] |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| LIFE IN OTHER WORLDS | [118] |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| THE HARDENING OF ROCKS | [128] |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| EARTHQUAKES IN GEOLOGY | [137] |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| SOME FAMOUS EARTHQUAKES | [148] |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| THE CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKES | [165] |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| VOLCANOES AND MOUNTAIN FORMATION | [179] |
| CHAPTER XVII | |
| FAMILIES OF ROCKS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS | [197] |
| CHAPTER XVIII | |
| HOW THE COAL BEDS WERE LAID DOWN | [212] |
| CHAPTER XIX | |
| THE AGE OF REPTILES | [226] |
| CHAPTER XX | |
| THE AGE OF REPTILES (continued) | [235] |
| CHAPTER XXI | |
| THE CHALK PERIOD | [245] |
| CHAPTER XXII | |
| THE AGE OF MAMMALS | [256] |
| CHAPTER XXIII | |
| THE ICE AGE | [269] |
| CHAPTER XXIV | |
| THE KINGDOM OF MAN | [284] |
| INDEX | [293] |