Free e-text of "A Book of Natural History" by Various.
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| YOUNG FOLKS' |
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| SELECTIONS FROM THE CHOICEST LITERATURE OF ALL LANDS: |
| FOLK-LORE, FAIRY TALES, FABLES, LEGENDS, NATURAL |
| HISTORY, WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA AND SKY, |
| ANIMAL STORIES, SEA TALES, BRAVE DEEDS, |
| EXPLORATIONS, STORIES OF SCHOOL AND |
| COLLEGE LIFE, BIOGRAPHY, |
| HISTORY, PATRIOTIC |
| ELOQUENCE, POETRY |
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| THIRD EDITION |
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| REVISED IN CONFERENCE BY |
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| THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, |
| PRESIDENT WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER, |
| HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, HENRY |
| VAN DYKE, NATHAN HASKELL DOLE |
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| _TWENTY VOLUMES_ _RICHLY ILLUSTRATED_ |
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COPYRIGHT, 1902,
BY HALL & LOCKE COMPANY.
BOSTON, U. S. A.
Stanhope Press
F. H. GILSON COMPANY
BOSTON, U. S. A.
EDITORIAL BOARD
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief,
Author, poet, former editor _Atlantic Monthly_, Boston, Mass.
The HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR,
United States Senator, Worcester, Mass.
The HON. JOHN D. LONG,
Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston.
HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D.,
Author, literarian, associate editor _The Outlook_, New York.
ERNEST THOMPSON-SETON,
Artist, author, New York.
JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE,
Author, poet, and editor, Arlington, Mass.
The REVEREND CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
Archdeacon, author, Philadelphia.
JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS,
Humorous writer, Atlanta, Ga.
MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD,
Historical novelist, Chicago.
LAURA E. RICHARDS,
Author, Gardiner, Me.
ROSWELL FIELD,
Author, editor _The Evening Post_, Chicago.
TUDOR JENKS,
Author, associate editor _Saint Nicholas_, New York.
GEORGE A. HENTY,
Traveller, author, London, England.
KIRK MUNROE,
Writer of stories for boys, Cocoanut Grove, Fla.
EDITH M. THOMAS,
Poet, West New Brighton, N.Y.
CAROLINE TICKNOR,
Author, editor, Boston.