title: Eight Little Piggies: Reflections in Natural History (Norton Paperback)
author:  Stephen Jay Gould 
description: A lovely mixture of bizarre facts, nice arguments, clever insights into the workings of evolution and a quality of writing that can make your skin prickle.. . . Gould has given us a feast.<br /> - <strong><em>Nature</em></strong><br /><br />Few writers of popular science have given more pleasure to more readers than Stephen Jay Gould. . . . He packs a clout few science writers can match.<br /> - <strong><em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br /><br />Like the master, Darwin, [Gould] has a gift for metaphorfor finding striking analogies that highlight the organizing principles behind Nature.<br /> - <strong><em>Newsday</em></strong>
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  The Natural History of Wiltshire
  
  
  [EDITOR'S
  PREFACE.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos20381)
  
  [PREFACE.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos56311)
  
  [INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
  CHOROGRAPHIA.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos68552)
  
  [CHOROGRAPHIA: LOCAL INFLUENCES.
  11](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos75696)
  
  [EDITOR'S
  PREFACE.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos88482)
  
  [PREFACE.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos124412)
  
  [INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER.
  CHOROGRAPHIA.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos136653)
  
  [CHOROGRAPHIA: LOCAL INFLUENCES.
  11](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos143797)
  
  [CHAPTER I.
  AIR.](The%20Natural%20History%20of%20Wiltshir_split_001.html#filepos152998)
  
  [CHAPTER II. SPRINGS
  MEDICINALL.](The%20Natur