of Faith Sir Oliver Lodge
116 The Survival of Man Sir Oliver Lodge
284 Modern Problems Sir Oliver Lodge
95 The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad
126 Science from an Easy Chair Sir Ray Lankester
149 A Shepherd's Life W. H. Hudson
200 Jane Austen and her Times G. E. Mitton
218 R. L. S. Francis Watt
234 Records and Reminiscences Sir Francis Burnand
285 The Old Time Parson P. H. Ditchfield
287 The Customs of Old England F. J. Snell

A Selection only.

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MORE SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR

_First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1920_

_Originally published by Messrs. Adlard & Son in 1913_
_First published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914_
_Second Edition 1915_
_Third Edition 1920_

PREFACE

The present volume is a reprint of that issued in 1912 with the title,
"Science from an Easy Chair: Second Series." It consists, like its
predecessors, of chapters originally published by me in the _Daily
Telegraph_, which I have revised and illustrated by a large number of
drawings. In order to render the issue of the present cheap edition
possible, it has been found necessary to restrict its size a little by
the omission of chapters dealing with Glaciers, Ferns and Fern-seed,
and the history of the Sea-squirts or Ascidians, which are contained
in the original larger book. My hope is that this collection of
papers, "about a number of things," may meet with as kind a reception
from my readers as that which they have accorded to its predecessors.

E. RAY LANKESTER

_July 1, 1920_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A DAY IN THE OBERLAND 1

Fertilization of Sage--The Edelweiss--The Jungfrau's
Breast--Contortions of Rock-strata--The Jungfrau
Railway--Mountain Sickness.

II. SWITZERLAND IN EARLY SUMMER 13

Alpine Flowers--Flowers of the Meadows and Woods--The
Herb Paris.

III. GLETSCH 19

From Baveno to the Rhone Glacier--A Glacier by the
Roadside--Changes in the Glac