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Draft of a Plan for Beginning Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador
by William WoodThe original address on Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador was published in the spring of 1911. The Supplement was published in the summer of 1912. The present Plan, or Second Supplement, is now being submitted for consideration to the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at the beginning of 1913.These papers are published for free d..
Our Vanishing Wild Life - Its Extermination and Preservation
by William T. HornadayThe preservation of animal and plant life, and of the general beauty of Nature, is one of the foremost duties of the men and women of to-day. It is an imperative duty, because it must be performed at once, for otherwise it will be too late. Every possible means of preservation,—sentimental, educational and legislative,—must be employed.The present ..
Physiology
by Sir M. FosterThis Primer is an attempt to explain in the most simple manner possible some of the most important and most general facts of Physiology, and may be looked upon as an introduction to the Elementary Lessons of Professor Huxley.In my descriptions and explanations I have supposed the reader to be willing to handle and examine such things as a dead rabb..
The Extermination of the American Bison
by William T. HornadayIt is hoped that the following historical account of the discovery, partial utilization, and almost complete extermination of the great American bison may serve to cause the public to fully realize the folly of allowing all our most valuable and interesting American mammals to be wantonly destroyed in the same manner. The wild buffalo is practicall..
First Book of Adam and Eve
by Rutherford PlattThe First Book of Adam and Eve details the life and times of Adam and Eve after they were expelled from the garden to the time that Cain kills his brother Abel. It tells of Adam and Eve's first dwelling—the Cave of Treasures; their trials and temptations; Satan's many apparitions to them; the birth of Cain, Abel, and their twin sisters; and Cain's ..
Supplement to Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador
by William WoodThe appeal prefixed to the original Address in 1911 announced the issue of the present supplement in 1912, and asked experts and other leaders of public opinion to set the subject on firm foundations by contributing advice and criticism.The response was most gratifying. The twelve hundred review copies sent out to the Canadian press, and the hundre..
Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
by Martin LutherThe preparation of this edition of Luther's Commentary on Galatians was first suggested to me by Mr. P. J. Zondervan, of the firm of publishers, in March, 1937. The consultation had the twofold merit of definiteness and brevity. The demonstration seemed to prove convincing for it was agreed that one may as well offer Luther in the original Ge..
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners
by John BunyanGrace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, or a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ to his Poor Servant John Bunyan is a Puritan spiritual autobiography written by John Bunyan. It was composed while Bunyan was serving a twelve-year prison sentence in Bedford gaol for preaching without a license and was first published in 1666.The t..