CHARLES DARWIN
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
I. THE WORLD INTO WHICH DARWIN WAS BORN
II. CHARLES DARWIN AND HIS ANTECEDENTS
III. EARLY DAYS
IV. DARWIN'S WANDER-YEARS
V. THE PERIOD OF INCUBATION
VI. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
VII. THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
VIII. THE DESCENT OF MAN
IX. THE THEORY OF COURTSHIP
X. VICTORY AND REST
XI. DARWIN'S PLACE IN THE EVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
XII. THE NET RESULT
THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT.
By Grant Allen
WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. FINNEMORE.
1888.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"BOWING DOWN TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE CRATER, THEY SEEMED TO SALUTE THE GODDESS OF THE VOLCANO" Frontispiece.
"IT'S MORE THAN DANGEROUS. IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY FATAL"
"ALL AT ONCE A GREAT BODY OF GAS WAS EJECTED INTO THE AIR, IN A BLAZE OF LIGHT"
"'YOUNG MAN,' HE CRIED, '...I WARN YOU NOT TO TRIFLE WITH THE BURNING MOUNTAIN'"
"I ROLLED DOWN RAPIDLY TO THE VERY BOTTOM"
"I LAY THERE HORROR-STRICKEN, AND GAZED IDLY DOWN"
"I CLUTCHED THE CRUMBLING PEAK WITH MY HOOKED FINGERS"
"SHE CARRIED ME SLOWLY UP THE ZIG-ZAG PATH"
"'IF YOU KNEW ALL,' SHE ANSWERED, 'HOW YOU WOULD PITY ME!'"
"'EVERYTHING IS CORRECT,' HE WHISPERED"
"SHE LOOKED UP IN AN AGONY OF SUSPENSE"
"A STRANGE PROCESSION BEGAN SLOWLY TO DESCEND"
"THE BAMBOO BENT OMINOUSLY DOWN"
"WE RODE AT FULL SPEED IN BREATHLESS HASTE"
THE BECKONING HAND ETC.
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS.
STRANGE STORIES
By Grant Allen
1884
CONTENTS.
WEDNESDAY THE TENTH
A TALE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
By Grant Allen
1890
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
WE SIGHT A BOAT 9
CHAPTER II.
THE BOAT'S CREW 27
CHAPTER III.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED 41
CHAPTER IV.
MARTIN LUTHER'S STORY 56
CHAPTER V.
A BREAK-DOWN 72
CHAPTER VI.
ON THE ISLAND 86
CHAPTER VII.
ERRORS EXCEPTED 100
CHAPTER VIII.
HOT WORK 113
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
There was a terrible scene of noise and confusion Front.
Where the Frenchmen landed 19
Natives of the Island of Tanaki 58
The savages fell back and listened with eagerness 70
THE EVOLUTIONIST AT LARGE
By Grant Allen
1881
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| A Ballade of Evolution | 1 | |
| I. | Microscopic Brains | 3 |
| II. | A Wayside Berry | 16 |
| III. | In Summer Fields | 25 |
| IV. | A Sprig of Water Crowfoot | 36 |
| V. | Slugs and Snails | 48 |
| VI. | A Study of Bones | 59 |
| VII. | Blue Mud | 67 |
| VIII. | Cuckoo-Pint | 77 |
| IX. | Berries and Berries | 87 |
| X. | Distant Relations | 96 |
| XI. | Among the Heather | 105 |
| XII. | Speckled Trout | 114 |
| XIII. | Dodder and Broomrape | 124 |
| XIV. | Dog's Mercury and Plantain | 133 |
| XV. | Butterfly Psychology | 142 |
| XVI. | Butterfly Æsthetics | 153 |
| XVII. | The Origin of Walnuts | 161 |
| XVIII. | A Pretty Land-Shell | 172 |
| XIX. | Dogs and Masters | 181 |
| XX. | Blackcock | 189 |
| XXI. | Bindweed | 198 |
| XXII. | On Cornish Cliffs | 207 |
BLOOD ROYAL
A Novel
By Grant Allen
1892
CONTENTS </3>
CHAPTER II. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER IV. A ROYAL POURPARLER.
CHAPTER VI. THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING.
CHAPTER VII. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART.
CHAPTER VIII. AT 'OXFORD COLLEGE.'
CHAPTER X. MR. PLANTAGENET LIVES AGAIN.
CHAPTER XI. A TRAGEDY OR A COMEDY?
CHAPTER XIII. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
CHAPTER XV. A WILLING PRISONER.
CHAPTER XVI. LOOKING ABOUT HIM.
CHAPTER XVII. IN SEARCH OF AN ANCESTOR.
CHAPTER XVIII. GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
BABYLON
By Grant Allen
(Cecil Power)
In Three Volumes
Vol. I.
With Twelve Illustrations By P. Macnab
1885
CONTENTS
CHAPTER III. PERNICIOUS LITERATURE.
CHAPTER IV. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY.
CHAPTER VI. ENTER A NEW ENGLANDER.
CHAPTER VII. THE DEACON FALTERS.
CHAPTER X. MINNA IMPROVES HERSELF.
CHAPTER XI. EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.
CHAPTER XII. AN ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT.
CHAPTER XIV. MINNA GIVES NOTICE.