[Illustration: THE NEBULÆ AND CLUSTERS OF THE NORTHERN HEAVENS. Drawn upon an equal surface projection from Dr. DREYER'S catalogue of 1888 The Milky Way from a Dr. BOEDDICKER'S Drawing by SIDNEY WATERS] [Illustration: THE NEBULÆ AND CLUSTERS OF THE SOUTHERN HEAVENS. Drawn upon an equal surface projection from Dr. DREYER'S catalogue of 1888 The Milky Way from URANOMETRIA ARGENTINA by SIDNEY WATERS] _WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ TRAVELS ON THE AMAZON AND RIO-NEGRO. PALM-TREES OF THE AMAZON, AND THEIR USES (_out of print_). THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS. _2 vols._ ISLAND LIFE, OR INSULAR FAUNAS AND FLORAS. DARWINISM. AUSTRALASIA. _2 vols._ BAD TIMES--CAUSES OF DEPRESSION OF TRADE (_out of print_). LAND NATIONALISATION, ITS NECESSITY AND ITS AIMS. VACCINATION A DELUSION. MIRACLES AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM. THE WONDERFUL CENTURY (_New and Illustrated Edition_). THE WONDERFUL CENTURY READER. STUDIES SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired. Inconsistent hyphenation has been repaired. The oe and ae ligatures in the text has been left as it appears in the original book. Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=. In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the original book. In particular, many mismatched quotation marks have not been changed. The remaining corrections made: Page v, "Fort-nightly" changed to "Fortnightly". Page 106, "terrestial" changed to "terrestrial". End of Project Gutenberg's Man's Place in the Universe, by Alfred R. Wallace