Books with title The Wonder-Seeker, Or, the History of Charles Douglas

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... little states in order. They therefore attack the nest of some neighbour of a different species from themselves, and seizing upon their eggs, they carry them to their own home, where they are reared as servants.' "They do not make unwilling slaves, for when we hurried to the nest to see the return of the victorious party, we found it surrounded by little negroes, who once on a time had been carried off from their own nest in the manner we had seen. The moment their masters approached, they hurried forward, relieved them of their load of booty, provided them with refreshment, and then hurrying with the eggs into the nest, they deposited them in safety. '"These, the now captured eggs,' said my companion, 'will in their turn act the same part; and on the faithful affectionate services of their prisoners do the amazons depend for house, and home, and food. I will give you an instance of their usefulness,' he said; and as he spoke, he threw aside and deranged part of the ant-hill. The little warriors who had so fearlessly entered and despoiled the enemy's citadel, seemed now at a loss what to make of their own. They wandered here and there, and not finding the usual entrance to their cells, knew not what to do. Not so the negroes; in a few moments they were quite at home, for their active spirits were not to be daunted by difficulties. If they found one little gallery of their curious workmanship destroyed, they turned to another, and then hurrying back, they would raise the helpless amazon in their mandables, carry it to the entrance of the cell, and place it in safety. "All this seemed so strange--so very strange, that I could not be satisfied without examining more closely into the truth of it myself. I learned that the contest we...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> The Wonder-seeker, Or, The History Of Charles Douglas<edition> 2<author> Margaret Fraser Tytler<publisher> Grant and Griffith, 1847<subjects> Conduct of life

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Lang:- English, Pages 247. Reprinted in 2015 with the help of original edition published long back[1859]. This book is in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Customisation is possible). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.Original Title:- The wonder-seeker; or The history of Charles Douglas 1859 [Hardcover] Author:- Margaret Fraser Tytler

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