Science in Arcady by Grant Allen
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Title: Science in Arcady
Author: Grant Allen
Release Date: July 18, 2005 [EBook #16325]
Language: English
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SCIENCE IN ARCADY
BY
GRANT ALLEN
LONDON: LAWRENCE & BULLEN, 16, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C. 1892.
To GRANT RICHARDS, IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MANY KIND OFFICES.
Avuncular Greeting.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
MY ISLANDS 1
TROPICAL EDUCATION 21
ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND 40
A DESERT FRUIT 56
PRETTY POLL 71
HIGH LIFE 90
EIGHT-LEGGED FRIENDS 105
MUD 123
THE GREENWOOD TREE 140
FISH AS FATHERS 157
AN ENGLISH SHIRE 177
THE BRONZE AXE 212
THE ISLE OF RUIM 231
A HILL-TOP STRONGHOLD 250
A PERSISTENT NATIONALITY 266
CASTERS AND CHESTERS 274
PREFACE.
These essays deal for the most part with Science in Arcady. 'Tis my native country: for I am not of those who 'praise the busy town.' On t