TRANSLATION EDITED BY W. OGLE, M.D.

And a Prefatory Letter by CHARLES DARWIN, F.R.S.

With Illustrations.

“In the description accompanying the admirable plates at the end of his book, Dr. Kerner explains succinctly and clearly the contrivances of nature in the instances named, and in innumerable others scarcely less marked or interesting, for compassing an end so essential to the perpetuation of vegetable life.”—Saturday Review.


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ETNA: A HISTORY OF THE MOUNTAIN AND ITS ERUPTIONS.

By G. F. RODWELL, F.R.A.S., F.C.S.

With Maps and Illustrations.

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