THE EARTH AND ITS LIFE

ITS LIFE

BY

A. WADDINGHAM SEERS B.A.

YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
WORLD BOOK COMPANY

THE HOUSE OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGE

Established, 1905, by Caspar W. Hodgson

YONKERS-ON-HUDSON, NEW YORK
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CHAPTER

CONTENTS

I. THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE

II. HOW THE CRUST OF THE EARTH WAS

FORMED THE PLAN OF THE EARTH

III. THE MOVEMENTS AND FASHIONING OF

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IX. BACKBONED ANIMALS: FISHES, AMPHI-

BIANS, REPTILES, AND BIRDS

X. MAMMALS

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