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More Science from an Easy Chair

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1 The Mighty Atom Marie Corelli

2 Jane Marie Corelli

3 Boy Marie Corelli

231 Cameos Marie Corelli

4 Spanish Gold G. A. Birmingham

9 The Unofficial Honeymoon Doll Wyllarde

18 Round the Red Lamp Sir A. Conan Doyle

20 Light Freights W. W. Jacobs

22 The Long Road John Oxenham

71 The Gates of Wrath Arnold Bennett

81 The Card Arnold Bennett

87 Lalage's Lovers G. A. Birmingham

92 White Fang Jack London

108 The Adventures of Dr. Whitty G. A. Birmingham

113 Lavender and Old Lace Myrtle Reed

125 The Regent Arnold Bennett

135 A Spinner in the Sun Myrtle Reed

137 The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu Sax Rohmer

143 Sandy Married Dorothea Conyers

212 Under Western Eyes Joseph Conrad

215 Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo E. Phillips Oppenheim

224 Broken Shackles John Oxenham

227 Byeways Robert Hichens

229 My Friend the Chauffeur C. N. & A. M. Williamson

259 Anthony Cuthbert Richard Bagot

261 Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs

268 His Island Princess W. Clark Russell

275 Secret History C. N. and A. M. Williamson

276 Mary All-alone John Oxenham

277 Darneley Place Richard Bagot

278 The Desert Trail Dane Coolidge

279 The War Wedding C. N. and A. M. Williamson

281 Because of these Things Marjorie Bowen

282 Mrs. Peter Howard Mary E. Mann

288 A Great Man Arnold Bennett

289 The Rest Cure W. B. Maxwell

290 The Devil Doctor Sax Rohmer

291 Master of the Vineyard Myrtle Reed

293 The Si-Fan Mysteries Sax Rohmer

294 The Guiding Thread Beatrice Harraden

295 The Hillman E. Phillips Oppenheim

296 William, by the Grace of God Marjorie Bowen

297 Below Stairs Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

301 Love and Louisa E. Maria Albanesi

302 The Joss Richard Marsh

303 The Carissima Lucas Malet

304 The Return of Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs

313 The Wall Street Girl Frederick Orin Bartlett

315 The Flying Inn G. K. Chesterton

316 Whom God Hath Joined Arnold Bennett

318 An Affair of State J. C. Snaith

320 The Dweller on the Threshold Robert Hichens

325 A Set of Six Joseph Conrad

329 '1914' John Oxenham

330 The Fortune of Christina McNab S. Macnaughtan

334 Bellamy Elinor Mordaunt

343 The Shadow of Victory Myrtle Reed

344 This Woman to this Man C. N. and A. M. Williamson

345 Something Fresh P. G. Wodehouse

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36 De Profundis Oscar Wilde

37 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime Oscar Wilde

38 Selected Poems Oscar Wilde

39 An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde

40 Intentions Oscar Wilde

41 Lady Windermere's Fan Oscar Wilde

77 Selected Prose Oscar Wilde

85 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde

146 A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde

43 Harvest Home E. V. Lucas

44 A Little of Everything E. V. Lucas

78 The Best of Lamb E. V. Lucas

141 Variety Lane E. V. Lucas

292 Mixed Vintages E. V. Lucas

45 Vailima Letters Robert Louis Stevenson

80 Selected Letters Robert Louis Stevenson

46 Hills and the Sea Hilaire Belloc

96 A Picked Company Hilaire Belloc

193 On Nothing Hilaire Belloc

226 On Everything Hilaire Belloc

254 On Something Hilaire Belloc

47 The Blue Bird Maurice Maeterlinck

214 Select Essays Maurice Maeterlinck

50 Charles Dickens G. K. Chesterton

94 All Things Considered G. K. Chesterton

54 The Life of John Ruskin W. G. Collingwood

57 Sevastopol and other Stories Leo Tolstoy

91 Social Evils and their Remedy Leo Tolstoy

223 Two Generations Leo Tolstoy

253 My Childhood and Boyhood Leo Tolstoy

286 My Youth Leo Tolstoy

58 The Lore of the Honey-Bee Tickner Edwardes

63 Oscar Wilde Arthur Ransome

64 The Vicar of Morwenstow S. Baring-Gould

76 Home Life in France M. Betham-Edwards

83 Reason and Belief Sir Oliver Lodge

93 The Substance of Faith Sir Oliver Lodge

116 The Survival of Man Sir Oliver Lodge

284 Modern Problems Sir Oliver Lodge

95 The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad

126 Science from an Easy Chair Sir Ray Lankester

149 A Shepherd's Life W. H. Hudson

200 Jane Austen and her Times G. E. Mitton

218 R. L. S. Francis Watt

234 Records and Reminiscences Sir Francis Burnand

285 The Old Time Parson P. H. Ditchfield

287 The Customs of Old England F. J. Snell

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MORE SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR

BY

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

WITH 34 ILLUSTRATIONS

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

First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1920

Originally published by Messrs. Adlard & Son in 1913 First published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914 Second Edition 1915 Third Edition 1920

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