Earth Sciences

So bountiful hath been the earth and so securely have we drawn from it our substance, that we have taken it all for granted as if it were only a gift, and with little care or conscious thought of the consequences of our use of it; nor have we very much considered the essential relation that we bear to it as living parts in the vast creation.

Study with the author in his exploration of the Salisbury plains and Stonehenge: Large Print 17 point font.

A DELIGHTFUL air of romance and mystery surrounds the whole subject of Labyrinths and Mazes.

WHILE preparing an account of MOUNT ETNA for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, I was surprised to find that there exists no single work in the English language devoted to the history of the most famous volcano in the world. I was consequently induced to considerably enlarge the Encyclopædia article, and the following pages are the result. The facts recorded have been collected from various sources-German, French, Italian, and English, and from my own observations made during the summer of 1877.

Is evolution buried in our unconscious memory? Samuel Butler was a genius of his times and his studies into evolution were easier to understand for most people than those of Darwin.

Once the most treasured plants for its fibrous gifts, abaca has become a forgotten as a most beneficial crop.

Hemp hurds are used to a limited extent for barnyard litter and stable bedding, as a substitute for sawdust in packing ice, and, in rare instances, for fuel. They are not regarded as having a commercial value for any of these uses, though they are doubtless worth at least $1 per ton on the farm when used for stable bedding. They are a waste product, without value for other purposes which might compete with their use for paper stock.