Patterns of Life has been written in the conviction that there is a need for a book describing the natural world, and such details of the external structure as can be seen with the naked eye or the aid of a good hand lens, of common plants and animals. Natural History of Great Britain.

*Illustrated with drawings and photographs by the Author*

Contents

Introduction:
- How to Collect
- Finding Names

Part I:
- Flowers
- Ferns, Horsetails & Mosses
- Moulds, Toadstools And Other Fungi
- Vertebrates: Mammals, Birds And Reptiles
- Fishes
- Newts, Frogs And Toads
- Molluscs (Snails, Slugs, And Mussels)
- Earthworms And Leeches
- Hydra
- The Insect Pattern
- Bumble Bees And Cuckoo Bees
- Butterflies And Moths
- Beetles
- The Order Of Two-Winged Insects
- Plant Lice And Bugs
- Earwigs, Grasshoppers And Their Relatives
- Dragonflies
- Spiders
- Woodlice

Part II:
- Territory And Migration in Bird Life
- Colour In Animals
- Seeds And Seedlings
- Insects And Flowers
- Trees
- Life In Fresh Water
- How Plants And Animals Replace Themselves
- The Interrelations Of Plants And Animals
- How Animals And Plants Pass The Winter

Part III:
- Things To Do
- Book List
- Index