St. Nicholas/Volume 40/Number 5/Nature and Science

A diver’s boat, of the Greek type, off the coast of Florida.

The diver is down and the life-line, air-hose, and two oars may be seen over the side of the boat, as well as the hinged ladder used by the diver to climb aboard. The boat is rowed slowly, and keeps just above the diver, whose position is shown by bubbles coming up from below.

Chapters (not listed in original)

1. The culture of sponges
2. How the trade-winds help to make our sugar
3. “Watered” the horses from his hat
4. Bent by the sun
5. Two March Constellations
6. The planet Venus
7. The great nebula in Andromeda
8. A water-valve nine feet in diameter
9. Because We Want to Know