# The Cornhill Magazine (Vol. I, No. 3, March 1860)

Author: Various

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68316

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Cornhill+Magazine+%28Vol.+I%2C+No.+3%2C+March+1860%29+Various&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

a breath perishes—A bit of dry moss and its inhabitants—The “Wheel-bearers”—Resuscitation of Rotifers: drowned into life—Current belief that animals can be revived after complete desiccation—Experiments contradicting the belief—Spallanzani’s testimony—Value of biology as a means of culture—Classification of animals: the five great types—Criticism of Cuvier’s arrangement._

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—_In which I play the Spy._ (With an Illustration.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—_A garden wall, and its traces of past life—Not](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.—_Sunday Morning.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-cornhill-magazine-vol-i-no-3-march-1860-68316/chapters/2/index.md)