This book, from 1918, is a treasure trove of information for older children on the lives and discoveries of major scientists. Its subjects are Francis Bacon, Galileo, William Harvey, Sir Isaac Newton, Linnaeus, Jean Baptiste Lamarck, Sir Humphry Davy, Michael Faraday, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir James Clark Ross, Charles Darwin, Louis Pasteur, Lord Kelvin, Lord Lister, Sir William Crookes and Pierre and Marie Curie.