Excerpt from Studies in Life and Sense The essays included in this volume have appeared from time to time in various magazines. I may discover justification, if such be needed, for their publication in their present form, in the fact that this method of rendering permanent views and opinions which would otherwise vanish away with magazine back stock, finds favour in the eyes of many readers, and has besides become a common prac tice of our day. The sole aim of the Essays now collected will be fulfilled if they succeed in explaining, to those willing to know, some of the great facts and laws which underlie the every-day life both of man and his lower neighbours - animals and plants alike. There are many less effective things, in the way of modern culture, than a popular training in biology. To aid such culture in its own small measure is the chief object of the present volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.