J. M. Smallheer
Essay on the Creative Imagination
"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attemp…
Chemical Phenomena in Life
Published in 1911 as part of the "Harper's Library of Living Thought," this volume presents an introduction to the chemistry of ce…
Moths of the Limberlost
Gene Stratton-Porter (August 17, 1863 - December 6, 1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, specializing in…
The Fairy Tales of Science
This book, written in the mid 19th century and illustrated by Charles H. Bennett, provides an entertaining introduction to topics in science…
The Bird Study Book
Do you enjoy bird watching? Would you like to learn a little more about the early conservation efforts to protect wild birds? In the Preface…
Infection and Immunity
Infection and Immunity with Special Reference to the Prevention of Infectious Diseases presents a subject that is as relevant today as it wa…
Bacteria in Daily Life
The author provides a fascinating look at the emerging science of bacteriology at the start of the twentieth century including early progres…
Volcanoes and Vulcanology (1885-1917)
This is a collection of short scientific articles on the study of volcanoes and related seismic activity published in Knowledge, A Monthly R…
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust
This charming book for children is full of interesting facts about all sorts of plants, insects, birds and animals and how they all help to …
History of Chemistry, Volume II. From 1850-1910
A history of the advances in chemistry, in the fields of inorganic, organic and physical chemistry from the mid-nineteenth century through t…
The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
Thomas H. Huxley, an English biologist and essayist, was an advocate of the theory of evolution and a self-proclaimed agnostic. A talented w…
House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies
"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. MiallThis book contains…
A-Birding on a Bronco
Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was an American ornithologist and nature writer. She started observing bird behavior at a time when most bir…
White Mountain Trails
"A survey of the White Mountains of New Hampshire from a naturalist's standpoint, useful alike to the tourist, the "tramper" …
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures
"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. …
The Book of the National Parks
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…
The Tree-Dwellers
Katharine E. Dopp was well-known as a teacher and writer of children's textbooks at the turn of the 20th Century. She was among the first e…
The Kingdom of the Heavens
Thought is the most swift and subtle of vehicles. Let us therefore use that craft to reach a trysting-place in the skies. The light which r…
The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root
The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum or The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of The Ava Root is the text of a Master’…
Nine Biological Lectures
Nine lectures on a variety of biological subjects delivered at The Marine Biological Laboratories of Wood's Holl in the summer session of 18…