Museum of Wonders, or Curiosities of the World

A cabinet of curiosities in book form, 1890: monsters of the ancient world, wild animals, queer wanderers in the vasty deep, famous inventions and sublime scenery — assembled to astonish the young and, the preface admits, their elders too.

The Little Fish and the Fisherman

4 pages in this part of Museum of Wonders.

The Little Fish and the Fisherman

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The Little Fish and the Fisherman: Trout

The Mackinaw Salmon, also called the toward evening and during the night they rove about in search of small fish, insects and larvæ.

The Little Fish and the Fisherman: Annette

T • IRCIS, for his loved Annette Playing on the Clarionet, Poured forth strains of music, such As the very dead might touch :- Played and…

The Little Fish and the Fisherman: Torpedo

But the sergeant found it impracticable to attach the Torpedo, which was cut adrift, and soon exploded. In 1777, Capt. withstanding this…

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