Methods of study in natural history.
By: By L. Agassiz.
Series: American culture series -- 447.3.
Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Animals -- Classification; Coral reefs and islands; Generations, Alternating; Embryology; Evolution
Genres: Classification.
Notes: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] (American culture series, Reel 447.3)

"The series of papers collected in this volume may be considered as a complement or commentary to my 'Essay on classification' ... These chapters were first embodied in a course of lectures delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston."--Pref.

First printed in the Atlantic monthly, with exception of last chapter.
Table of contents: title: General sketch of the early progress in natural history.; title: Nomenclature and classification.; title: Categories of classification.; title: Classification and creation.; title: Different views respecting orders.; title: Gradation among animals.; title: Analogous types.; title: Family characteristics.; title: The characters of genera.; title: Species and breeds.; title: Formation of coral reefs.; title: Age of coral reefs as showing permanence of species.; title: Homologies.; title: Alternate generations.; title: The ovarian egg.; title: Embryology and classification.