Thrilling stories by sea and land : embracing marvels of natural history, monsters of the ancient world, wild animals of the forest and plain, beautiful birds and insects, queer wanderers in the vasty deep, sublime natural scenery, fishes, trees, plants, flowers, etc., etc. : including thrilling scenes in the polar world and the tropics, captivating incidents of travel, adventure and discovery, hunting expeditions, remarkable traits of strange peoples, great events of history, etc. : the whole being splendidly embellished with many fine engravings.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
[United States?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1910]
Description
1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations.

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Subject(s)
Illustrator
Engraver
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood. [More in this series]
Notes
  • Some illustrations signed Albert Richter, T. Hampe, Specht, S. Begg, R. Caton Woodville, Ernst Platz, R. Illner, Robert Kretschmer, Stanley Berkeley, W.W.M., E.R., H.G., Hildibrand, J. Cooper, W.R. Snyder, Schell & Hogan, Stanley L. Wood, G. Mutzel or K. Greenaway; some engraved by Whymper, Pearson, E. Berveiller, or Laplante.
  • Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
  • Scanned copy defective: pages before page 86 missing.
OCLC
905312126
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