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Title: Science from an Easy Chair

Author: Sir E. Ray Lankester

Release date: May 11, 2018 [eBook #57136]

Language: English

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SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

A.—“YELLOW” OR IMMATURE EEL: NOT DESCENDING TO THE SEA (FEMALE)

B.—“SILVER” OR MATURE EEL IN BRIDAL DRESS DESCENDING TO THE SEA (FEMALE), A SMALLER INDIVIDUAL THAN “A”

HEAD OF IMMATURE AND MATURE SPECIMENS OF THE COMMON EEL OF THE NATURAL SIZE.

ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS FROM LIVE SPECIMENS

[Transcriber’s Note: The original images are around 5¾ inches (14.5cm) wide and 1½ inches (4cm) high.]

SCIENCE FROM AN
EASY CHAIR

BY

Sir RAY LANKESTER
K.C.B., F.R.S.

WITH EIGHTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS

SECOND EDITION

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

First PublishedApril 14th1910
Second EditionMay1910