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Beasts of the Land
67 pages
Birds & Their Ways
40 pages
Wonders of the Deep
37 pages
Insects & Small Life
9 pages
Monsters of the Ancient World
1 page
Trees, Plants & Flowers
16 pages
Sublime Scenery
23 pages
Peoples & Their Customs
29 pages
Inventions & Great Works
23 pages
Portraits & Lives
6 pages
More Curiosities
215 pages
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Highlights
Looking Out for Number One
put them into her mouth, holding, at the after eating, if presented with a toothpick same time, the plate in the other hand.
Beautiful Stars of the Ocean
an inch to more than a foot. The snake, seas a very singular species, the aboresor Sand Star, is another species. In most cent…
David L. Proudfit
Ary Scheffer was an eminent French painter. He was born in 1795, and died in 1858.
The Long-Clawed Iguana
(37) thus precipitated, the water was sweet Capital sport we had, pulling them out enough and wholesome. The river had often two…
Beautiful Giraffe or Camelopard
herds containing thirty where to be met with in great numbers. to sixteen; but I have not unfrequently In countries unmolested by…
Strange Method of Discovering a Witch
the nose upward, divided his forehead in this stood a looking-glass, beside which two parts. Another red stripe passed lay a…