This textbook provides the foundation for a course in Zoology, or Natural History, as it is commonly termed; adapted to instruction in schools. The author's object has been to cull out from the immense mass of material which Zoology presents that which every well-informed person ought to know, excluding all which is of interest and value only to…

This textbook provides the foundation for a course in Zoology, or Natural History, as it is commonly termed; adapted to instruction in schools. The author's object has been to cull out from the immense mass of material which Zoology presents that which every well-informed person ought to know, excluding all which is of interest and value only to…

This textbook provides the foundation for a course in Zoology, or Natural History, as it is commonly termed; adapted to instruction in schools. The author's object has been to cull out from the immense mass of material which Zoology presents that which every well-informed person ought to know, excluding all which is of interest and value only to…

This textbook is intended for schools and academies of all grades to present in concise and plain language, and in the light of the latest research and investigation, the life histories of the various groups that constitute the animal kingdom. The common names of orders and families are in every case followed by the scientific term, for the…

This textbook provides the foundation for a course in zoology intended for schools and academies of all grades. It relies on concise and plain language and draws on the latest research and investigation. The common names of orders and families are in every case followed by the scientific term, for the convenience of the instructor or advanced…

This textbook provides the foundation for a course in natural history for use in schools and colleges. It covers vertebrates, invertebrates, and zoological classification. A glossary is included.

This Series is designed to meet the requirement of brief textbooks both for schools and for adult readers who wish to review or expand their knowledge. The grade of the books is intermediate between the so-called "primers" and the larger works professing to present quite detailed views of the respective subjects. Although the treatment…

This Series is designed to meet the requirement of brief textbooks both for schools and for adult readers who wish to review or expand their knowledge. The Student who would acquire a satisfactory knowledge of the principles of Zoology is recommended to commence by learning the elementary principles of General Biology; and having mastered these he…

This textbook is intended for schools moderately equipped to undertake beginning zoology study using scientific method. Its aim is to put the student in the way of acquiring for himself a knowledge of animal life and structure.

This textbook provides the foundation for a course in zoology. Popular names have been employed as far as possible, but the technical terms have been added in brackets. The design of this work is to furnish an epitome of the leading principles of the science of zoology, as deduced from the present state of knowledge, so illustrated as to be…

The distinctive character of this work consists in the treatment of the whole Animal Kingdom as a unit; in the comparative study of the development and variations of organs and their functions, from the simplest to the most complex state; in withholding Systematic Zoology until the student has mastered those structural affinities upon which true…

The distinctive character of this work consists in the treatment of the whole Animal Kingdom as a unit; in the comparative study of the development and variations of organs and their functions, from the simplest to the most complex state; in withholding Systematic Zoology until the student has mastered those structural affinities upon which true…

This compendium is designed for use in grammar and high schools. It is introductory to the author's larger zoology text. Though partly rewritten, and with additions regarding the habits of birds and mammals, portions of the larger book have been retained, the more difficult parts being omitted so as to adapt it for younger pupils, or those whose…

This textbook presents basic science to children during two or three consecutive years with an increasing number of facts and a progressive elevation of ideas. Special knowledge of things and the general development of the mind are attained by this method of repetition, but avoids monotony. The author has tried to keep clear of this danger by…

The major groups of marine and estuarine macroinvertebrates of the tidal marshes of the northern Gulf of Mexico are described in this guide for students, taxonomists and generalists. Information on the recognition characteristics, distribution, habitat, and biology of salt marsh species from the coelenterate, annelid, mollusk and arthropod phyla…