John Lubbock: 5 books

3 works of John Lubbock English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath (1834-1913) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of John Lubbock. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: On the Origin...

The Simple Pleasures of Life: How to Tune Into the Moment to Enjoy NOWwas derived from Sir John Lubbock’s endearing classic, The Pleasures of Life completely rewritten and abridged by Beverly Potter, PhD. Principles of living in the moment are woven into Lubbock’s appealing descriptions...

For some years, much of my leisure time has been devoted to the study of the anatomy, development, and habits of the Annulosa, and especially of Insects, on which subjects I have published various memoirs, chiefly in the Transactions of the Royal, Linnæan, and Entomological Societies: of these papers...

If any one gave you a few acres, you would say that you had received a benefit; can you deny that the boundless extent of the earth is a benefit? If any one gave you money, you would call that a benefit. God has buried countless masses of gold and silver in the earth. If a house were given you, bright...

This book gathered works to understand slavery from a study of the behavior of the workers of ants. The bearing on the origin of slavery of the obvious and fundamental fact that there is a double ontogeny and phylogeny in social organisms, namely, one of the colony as well as one of the individual,...