Alps, mountain pastures, [41];
how rain drops helped carve the Alps, [67];
why the Alps don't run north and south, [136];
glacial "autographs" on their walls, [255]

Amazon River, its stately flow, [74]

Ants, how they help teach men how volcanoes are built, [123]

Apollo, how he lighted the world, [2]

Appalachian Mountains, birth of, [10]

Arabian desert, physiognomy and complexion, [165]

Arabian Sea, why its waves salute the Himalayas, [140]

Arabs, life in the desert, [183];
and the Simoom, [184]

Atlas Mountains, morning beauty of, [163]

Atoms, defined, relation to molecules, [110]