Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
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Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
Natural history
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1. =Waverley; or, ''Tis Sixty Years Since.'=
2. =Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer.=
3. =The Antiquary.=
4. =Rob Roy.=
5. =Old Mortality.=
6. =The Black Dwarf, and A Legend of Montrose.=
7. =The Bride of Lammermoor.=
8. =The Heart of Mid-Lothian.=
9. =Ivanhoe: A Romance.=
10. =The Monastery.=
11. =The Abbot: A Sequel.=
12. =Kenilworth.=
13. =The Pirate.=
14. =The Fortunes of Nigel.=
15. =Peveril of the Peak.=
16. =Quentin Durward.=
17. =St. Ronan's Well.=
18. =Redgauntlet.=
19. =The Betrothed.=
20. =The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders.=
21. =Woodstock; or, The Cavalier.=
22. =The Fair Maid of Perth; or, St. Valentine's Day.=
23. =Anne of Geierstein; or, The Maiden of the Mist.=
24. =Count Robert of Paris.=
25. =The Surgeon's Daughter, and Castle Dangerous.=
26. =The Highland Widow, and my Aunt Margaret's Mirror.=
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=The English Circumnavigators: The most remarkable= Voyages
round the World by English Sailors. (Drake, Dampier, Anson, and
Cook's Voyages.) With a Preliminary Sketch of their Lives and
Discoveries. Edited, with Notes, Maps, etc., by DAVID LAING
PURVES and R. COCHRANE.
=The Book of Adventure and Peril. A Record of= Heroism and
Endurance on Sea and Land. Compiled and Edited by CHARLES
BRUCE, Editor of 'Sea Songs and Ballads,' 'The Birthday Book of
Proverbs,' etc.
=The Great Triumphs of Great Men. Edited by= JAMES MASON.
Illustrated.
=Great Historical Mutinies, comprising the Story= of the Mutiny
of the 'Bounty,' the Mutiny at Spithead and the Nore, the
Mutinies of the Highland Regiments, and the Indian Mutiny, etc.
Edited by DAVID HERBERT, M.A.
=Famous Historical Scenes from Three Centuries.= Pictures of
celebrated events from the Reformation to the end of the French
Revolution. Selected from the works of Standard Authors by A. R.
HOPE MONCRIEFF.
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