Developing
Unfertilized--M. Bataillon's Discovery.

XIV. PRIMITIVE BELIEFS ABOUT FATHERLESS PROGENY 159

Harvey and Milton--Reproduction by Budding--Stories
of Virgin Births--Spiritual Theory of Conception.

XV. THE PYGMY RACES OF MEN 167

Characteristics of Pygmies--Colour of the Skin--Egyptian
Stories of Pygmies--Congo and New
Guinea Pygmies--The Causes of Small Size--Smallness
a Correlation.

XVI. PREHISTORIC PETTICOATS 180

Early Carvings and Pictures--Paintings in Caverns--Painting
of Human Figures--Artistic Sympathy--Aurignacians
and Bushmen Allied.

XVII. NEW YEAR'S DAY AND THE CALENDAR 191

Make-believe and New Year--Divisions of Time--The
Difficulties of the Calendar--Pope Gregory's Ten
Days--The Astronomer Royal and the Shah.

XVIII. EASTERTIDE, SHAMROCKS AND SPERMACETI 201

The Real Shamrock--Sham Shamrock--Leonardo or
Lucas?--Various Fats.

XIX. MUSEUMS 209

The Muses--The Museum of Alexandria--Picture Galleries
and Museums--The Purposes of Museums--The
First Business of Museums--National Value of
Museums--University Museums--Not for Children but
for Adults--Screens and Electric Lifts--Frames and
Setting of Pictures.

XX. THE SECRET OF A TERRIBLE DISEASE 227

The Angel of Death--The Tyranny of Parasites--Typhus
and Monkeys--Typhus Fever in Russia.

XXI. CARRIERS OF DISEASE 235

The Entrance of Parasites--Man as a Carrier of
Disease--House Flies and Disease.

XXII. IMMUNITY AND CURATIVE INOCULATIONS 241

Inoculation of Smallpox--Antitoxins--The Wonderful
Properties of Blood--Germ-killing Poisons in the
Blood--Opsonins or Sauce for Germs.

XXIII. THE STRANGE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE IN NEW ZEALAND 251

Strange Birds--Destroyed by Europeans--Introduced
Animals.

XXIV. THE EFFACEMENT OF NATURE BY MAN 259

Disappearance of Great Animals--Man's Reckless
Greed--Hope in Irrigation.

XXV. THE EXTINCTION OF THE BISON AND OF WHALES 266

Drowning in a Dead Whale's Heart--The Value of
Whalebone--No more Turtle Soup.

XXVI. MORE ABOUT WHALES 273

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