llustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom
llustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom
By Samuel Griswold Goodrich
9 Nov, 2018
ANECDOTES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. The purpose of the present volume is to exhibit a series of well-authenticated anecdotes, calculated to illustrate the character and habits of the more prominent species of the animal kingdom. The plan of the work, of
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ANECDOTES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. The purpose of the present volume is to exhibit a series of well-authenticated anecdotes, calculated to illustrate the character and habits of the more prominent species of the animal kingdom. The plan of the work, of course, excludes full scientific descriptions; but it has been thought that it may be more useful, as well as interesting, to arrange the subjects according to the most approved system of classification, and to indicate, briefly, the leading traits of the several orders and genera. For a more scientific account of the animal kingdom, the reader is referred to "A Pictorial Natural History," &c., published by James Munroe & Co., Boston. Less