Great and small things. [The gorilla of Sloane Street -- Science & the farm -- The phagocytes, or eater-cells -- Some pond-snails -- Pond-snails & blood-red -- The pond-snail's flea -- The liver-fluke -- Is nature cruel? -- Giants -- Tobacco -- Wasp

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[1st ed., 1st printing] ; 38 illustrations ; xi, 246 p. ; illustrated ; 20 cm. ; LCCN: 23-26434 ; OCLC: 2919134 ; "Most of the chapters were written originally for publication in daily and weekly journals and have been now to some extent re-written and illustrated by text figures for the present volume." ; Red cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; Contents: The gorilla of Sloane Street -- Science and the farm -- The phagocytes, or eater-cells -- Some pond-snails -- Pond-snails and blood-red -- The pond-snail's flea -- The liver-fluke -- Progress -- Is nature cruel? -- The senses and sense-organs -- An eye at the back of the head -- Other eyes -- The paired eyes of man -- Wasps -- An unwarr anted fancy -- Spider-sense and cat-sense -- Two experiments -- The last of the alchemists -- Extreme old age -- Longevity -- Metchnikoff on old age -- Giants -- Morphology and monsters -- Morphology and monsters, continued -- Various kinds of monst ers -- Tobacco -- Cerebral inhibition -- Index. ; VG. N° de ref. del artículo 5527

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