Books with title Book of a Naturalist

Excerpt from The Book of a NaturalistIT is necessary that a book should have a title, and important that this should be descriptive of the book: accordingly, I was pleased with my good fortune and myself when I hit upon one which was not merely descriptive but was attractive as well.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Originally published in the 1900s, this is a delightful collection of quirky, yet learned, articles on anmals and nature, that were written for the pages of Country Life, The Times and The New Statesman amongst others. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include Life In A Pine Wood Hints To Adder-Seekers Bats Beauty Of The Fox A Sentimentalist On Foxes The Discontented Squirrel My Neighbour's Bird Stories The Toad As Traveller The Heron: A Feathered Notable The Heron As A Table Bird The Mole Question Cristiano: A Horse Mary's Little Lamb The Serpent's Tongue The Serpent's Strangeness The Bruised Serpent The Serpent In Literature Wasps Beautiful Hawk-Moths The Strenuous Mole A Friendly Rat The Little Red Dog Dogs In London The Great Dog Superstition My Friend The Pig The Potato At Home And In England John Go To Bed At Noon The Chequered Daffodil Concerning Lawns, With Incidental Observations On Earthworms

Originally published in the 1900s, this is a delightful collection of quirky, yet learned, articles on anmals and nature, that were written for the pages of Country Life, The Times and The New Statesman amongst others. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include Life In A Pine Wood Hints To Adder-Seekers Bats Beauty Of The Fox A Sentimentalist On Foxes The Discontented Squirrel My Neighbour's Bird Stories The Toad As Traveller The Heron: A Feathered Notable The Heron As A Table Bird The Mole Question Cristiano: A Horse Mary's Little Lamb The Serpent's Tongue The Serpent's Strangeness The Bruised Serpent The Serpent In Literature Wasps Beautiful Hawk-Moths The Strenuous Mole A Friendly Rat The Little Red Dog Dogs In London The Great Dog Superstition My Friend The Pig The Potato At Home And In England John Go To Bed At Noon The Chequered Daffodil Concerning Lawns, With Incidental Observations On Earthworms

A Book of Natural History presents an unrivaled visual survey of Earth's natural history. Giving a clear overview of the classification of our natural world species-A Book of Natural Histo looks at every kingdom of life, from bacteria, minerals, and rocks to fossils to plants and animals. Featuring a remarkable array of illustrations, the book looks at many of specimens and species that take the reader on an incredible journey from the most fundamental building blocks of the world's landscapes, through the simplest of life forms, to plants, fungi, and animals. David Starr Jordan, Ph. D., LL. D. (1851-1931) was a leading ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University. He was also an early leader in the American Eugenics movement. He was an extremely prolific writer, with 650 articles and books on ichthyology alone, and 1,400 other works.