| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | On a Norwegian Fiord | [1] |
| II. | Nature-Reserves | [13] |
| III. | Far from the Madding Crowd | [23] |
| IV. | The Great Grey Seal | [32] |
| V. | The Grouse and other Birds | [41] |
| VI. | The Sand and Pebbles of the Seashore | [48] |
| VII. | The Constituents of a Seabeach | [55] |
| VIII. | Quicksands and Fire-Stones | [64] |
| IX. | Amber | [70] |
| X. | Sea-Worms and Sea-Anemones | [77] |
| XI. | Coral-Makers and Jelly-Fish | [88] |
| XII. | Shrimps, Crabs, and Barnacles | [98] |
| XIII. | Barnacles and other Crustaceans | [108] |
| XIV. | The History of the Barnacle and the Goose | [117] |
| XV. | More as to the Barnacle and the Goose | [129] |
| XVI. | Sea-Shells on the Seashore | [142] |
| XVII. | Sand-Hoppers | [152] |
| XVIII. | A Swiss Interlude | [160] |
| XIX. | Science and Dancing | [170] |
| XX. | Courtship | [180] |
| XXI. | Courtship in Animals and Man | [189] |
| XXII. | Courtship and Display | [197] |
| XXIII. | Courtship, Instinct and Reason | [205] |
| XXIV. | Daddy-Long-Legs | [216] |
| XXV. | The Moth and the Candle | [226] |
| XXVI. | From Ape to Man | [236] |
| XXVII. | The Skeleton of Apes and of Man | [245] |
| XXVIII. | The Brain of Apes and of Man | [253] |
| XXIX. | The Mind of Apes and of Man | [262] |
| XXX. | The Missing Link | [275] |
| XXXI. | The Supply of Pure Milk | [292] |
| XXXII. | Christmas Trees and other Pine Trees | [302] |
| XXXIII. | The Lymph and the Lymphatic System | [332] |
| XXXIV. | The Blood and its Circulation | [342] |
| XXXV. | Fish and Fast Days | [351] |
| XXXVI. | Science and the Unknown | [361] |
| XXXVII. | Divination and Palmistry | [367] |
| XXXVIII. | Toads found Living in Stone | [376] |
| XXXIX. | The Divining-Rod | [383] |
| XL. | Birth-Marks and Telegony | [396] |
| XLI. | How to promote Scientific Discovery by Money | [408] |
| Index | [417] |