V. THE BEGINNING OF LIFE
VI. THE INFANCY OF THE EARTH
VII. THE PASSAGE TO THE LAND
VIII. THE COAL-FOREST
IX. THE ANIMALS OF THE COAL-FOREST
X. THE PERMIAN REVOLUTION
XI. THE MIDDLE AGES OF THE EARTH
XII. THE AGE OF REPTILES
XIII. THE BIRD AND THE MAMMAL
XIV. IN THE DAYS OF THE CHALK
XV. THE TERTIARY ERA
XVI. THE FLOWER AND THE INSECT
XVII. THE ORIGIN OF OUR MAMMALS
XVIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
XIX. MAN AND THE GREAT ICE-AGE
XX. THE DAWN OF CIVILISATION
XXI. EVOLUTION IN HISTORY INDEX



THE STORY OF EVOLUTION



CHAPTER I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE UNIVERSE

The beginning of the victorious career of modern science was very
largely due to the making of two stimulating discoveries at the
close of the Middle Ages. One was the discovery of the earth: the
other the discovery of the universe. Men were confined, like