Landmarks II, monographs

First Edition of these lectures popularizing the content and implications of Darwin's Origin of Species.

The wisdom of peace and the absurdity of fighting are demonstrated in seventeen stories and poems by outstanding authors of today such as Jean Fritz, Milton Meltzer, and Nancy Willard, illustrated by famous illustrators such as Paul Zelinsky, the Dillons, and Maurice Sendak.

Fairbairn proposed to consider a ship as a beam in 1860 at a crucial moment when iron shipbuilding was in full development. His views are therefore particularly interesting since they illustrate he analitical scope of a man who would deal with iron structures onland and at sea.

Balfour became professor of animal morphology in 1882 which was the same year he died in a mountaineering accident. This work sums up all the previous knowledge on the subject and includes his own important contributions.