1902





CONTENTS


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi

THE MARVELS OF NATURE xiii
BY PROFESSOR E.S. HOLDEN.

WHAT THE EARTH'S CRUST IS MADE OF 1
BY AGNES GIBERNE.

AMERICA THE OLD WORLD 45
BY LOUIS AGASSIZ.

SOME RECORDS OF THE ROCKS 77
BY N.S. SHALER.

THE PITCH LAKE IN THE WEST INDIES 97
BY CHARLES KINGSLEY.

A STALAGMITE CAVE 111
BY SIR C. WYVILLE THOMSON.

THE BIG TREES OF CALIFORNIA 119