The romance of natural history, second seriesGosse, Philip Henry
History
The romance of natural history, second series
Gosse, Philip Henry
Natural history
Tortoise, colossal, 6, 17.
Toxodon, 12, 32.
Travelling fishes, 121.
Trogon, resplendent, 308.
Urus, 64.
Venom of serpents, experiments on, 249.
Viper swallowing its young, 220.
Wasps, sleep of, 180.
Wolf, 71.
Zebra, beauty of, 305.
BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.
By the same Author.
First Series. Third Edition, post 8vo, 7s. 6d. cloth,
THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WOLF.
CONTENTS.
I. TIMES AND SEASONS.
II. HARMONIES.
III. DISCREPANCIES.
IV. MULTUM E PARVO.
V. THE VAST.
VI. THE MINUTE.
VII. THE MEMORABLE.
VIII. THE RECLUSE.
IX. THE WILD.
X. THE TERRIBLE.
XI. THE UNKNOWN.
XII. THE GREAT UNKNOWN.
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History' will be one of the best gift-books which can be procured for
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LIFE IN ITS LOWER, INTERMEDIATE, AND HIGHER FORMS:
OR, MANIFESTATIONS OF THE DIVINE WISDOM IN THE NATURAL HISTORY OF
ANIMALS.
BY P. H. GOSSE, F.R.S.
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