The course of creation
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE.3. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY.4. CHAPTER II. NATURE AND STRUCTURE OF THE GRAMPIANS. PRIMARY ROCKS.5. CHAPTER III. THE SILURIAN SYSTEM. FIRST TRACES OF LIFE.6. CHAPTER IV. THE DEVONIAN SYSTEM, OR OLD RED SANDSTONE.7. CHAPTER V. YELLOW SANDSTONE.8. CHAPTER VI. TRAP ROCKS.9. CHAPTER VII. THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM—PERIOD OF GIGANTIC VEGETABLES.10. CHAPTER VIII. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF COAL—GREAT COAL FIELD OF PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA AND OHIO—COAL DEPOSITS OF ILLINOIS, INDIANA AND KENTUCKY—ECONOMIC HISTORY—CONDITIONS OF FORMATION.11. CHAPTER IX. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF FIFESHIRE—DIVISIONS OF THE COAL-FIELD.12. CHAPTER X. THE CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS—Continued.13. CHAPTER XI. THE LAMMERMUIRS—THE BORDER LAND—GENERAL STRUCTURE OF SCOTLAND.14. CHAPTER I. ENGLAND—GENERAL SKETCH.15. CHAPTER II. THE PERMIAN SYSTEM—NEW RED SANDSTONE.16. CHAPTER III. THE OOLITIC OR JURASSIC SYSTEM—AGE OF REPTILES.17. CHAPTER IV. THE WEALDEN FORMATION.18. CHAPTER V. THE CRETACEOUS SYSTEM.19. CHAPTER VI. THE TERTIARY SYSTEM.20. CHAPTER VII. THE MAMMOTH PERIOD.21. CHAPTER I. GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF FRANCE—BASIN OF PARIS. ORGANIC REMAINS.22. CHAPTER II. THE ALPS—MONT BLANC.23. CHAPTER III. THICKNESS OF THE EARTH’S CRUST—CENTRAL HEAT.24. CHAPTER I. RÉSUMÉ.25. CHAPTER II. THEORIES OF ORGANIC LIFE.26. CHAPTER III. ANALOGICAL ORDER—PHYSICAL AND MORAL—OF PROGRESSION.27. CHAPTER IV. CAUSES OF EXTINCTION OF ORGANIC LIFE.28. CHAPTER V. TIME, AND THE GEOLOGICAL EPOCHS.29. CHAPTER VI. THE MOSAIC RECORD—ACCOUNT OF CREATION.30. GLOSSARY OF SCIENTIFIC TERMS.