The Illustrated Natural History
Book Description
Natural History would seem sufficiently numerous to deter any new writer from venturing on the subject, still there is at present no work of a popular character in which accuracy of information and systematic arrangement are united with brevity and simplicity of treatment. All the best-known popular works on Natural History are liable to many objections, among which may be named a want of correct ...
MoreNatural History would seem sufficiently numerous to deter any new writer from venturing on the subject, still there is at present no work of a popular character in which accuracy of information and systematic arrangement are united with brevity and simplicity of treatment. All the best-known popular works on Natural History are liable to many objections, among which may be named a want of correct classification, the absence of explanations of the meanings and derivations of scientific words, the strange inaccuracy of many of the accompanying illustrations, and of the accounts of many animals. Nor do the conventional anecdotes chronicled in their pages evince the personal experience of the animal race which is best calculated to prevent romance and inaccuracy. These deficiencies, it is hoped, will be at all events partly supplied in the present work. The present volume, although exceeding the limits originally contemplated, is but a brief digest of a large mass of materials, derived either from personal experience, from the most recent zoological writers, or from the kindness of many friends, who are familiar with almost every portion of the world, and to whom my best thanks are due.
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