Grateful acknowledgment is due to Mr. Henry R. Knipe for his kind permission to reproduce some of the illustrations of extinct animals contained in his scholarly work entitled, From Nebula to Man (J. M. Dent and Co.).
CONTENTS
| 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] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| PAGE | |
| MEGALOSAURUS | [Frontispiece] |
| MAP SHOWING DISTRICTS OF WORLD-SHAKING EARTHQUAKES | [15] |
| ONE OF THE COLOSSAL NATURAL BRIDGES OF UTAH | [40] |
| THE GARDEN OF THE GODS, COLORADO | [44] |
| A CURIOUS ROCK GREATLY REVERED BY THE NATIVES | [46] |
| THE GRAND CAÑON OF ARIZONA | [52] |
| CLEOPATRA TERRACE, YELLOWSTONE PARK, U.S.A. | [56] |
| A PETRIFIED TREE | [58] |
| THE CRATER OF AN EXTINCT VOLCANO | [104] |
| THE PINNACLED CASTLE-LIKE PEAKS OF THE RAMSHORN MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING | [130] |
| A GEYSER IN ACTION | [140] |
| A CURIOUS ERUPTION OF MOUNT ASAMA, JAPAN | [154] |
| A HOUSE DESTROYED BY AN EARTHQUAKE | [158] |
| THE RUINS OF THE MAGNIFICENT CITY HALL OF SAN FRANCISCO | [160] |
| THE TRACK OF AN EARTH WAVE | [166] |
| A GEYSER AT REST IN YELLOWSTONE PARK, U.S.A. | [170] |
| THE NEW SPINE OF MONT PELÉE | [184] |
| THE DEAD CITY OF ST. PIERRE, MARTINIQUE | [186] |
| A YORKSHIRE POT-HOLE: SHOWING THE EFFECTS WHICH CAN BE PRODUCED IN LIMESTONE BY UNDERGROUND WATER | [196] |
| PLESIOSAURS | [238] |
| DIPLODOCI CARNEGIEI | [240] |
| ARCHÆOPTERYX AND COMPSOGNATHUS | [242] |
| EVOLUTION OF THE HEAD, PROBOSCIS, NOSTRILS, AND TUSKS OF THE ELEPHANT | [260] |
| TWO ARSINOITHERIUMS AT BAY BEFORE A PACK OF HYÆNODONS | [266] |
| DIPROTODON | [278] |
The Number of world-shaking earthquakes from 1899 to 1908 which have originated in districts marked A, B, C, &c., are shown by figures.
(See pp. [171] and [172].)
ERRATA
[Transcriber Note: Corrections have been applied!]
[Page 19], line 9. For "Sir Thomas Holdich," read "Sir Thomas Holditch."