The Romance of Natural HistoryCosimo, Inc., 1.06.2007 г. - 416 страници "Night-attack of wolves in Mongolia." "Nearly fatal combat with a kangaroo." "Comic scenes with the Elephant." "Captain Herriman examines a supposed Sea-serpent." This charming book, published by British naturalist PHILIP HENRY GOSSE (1810-1888) in 1860, was a best seller in its day, and no wonder: this is a passionate around-the-world journey through nature both wild and serene... and mysterious. "In the annals of cryptozoology," says cryptozoologist Loren Coleman in his new introduction, "Gosse is credited as one of the grandfathers of the discipline... In this book, one finds his records of the sea serpent, giant snakes, African unicorn, South America ape, and Ceylonese devil-bird, reflecting this early interest in romantic zoology, the precursor of cryptozoology." This new edition, complete with the original elegant illustrations, is part of Cosimo's Loren Coleman Presents series. LOREN COLEMAN is author of numerous books of cryptozoology, including BIGFOOT!: The True Story of Apes in America, and Mothman and Other Curious Encounters. |
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... butterflies and beetles are playing on every bank where the snow lay a week before ; and how the bushes are ringing with melody from hundreds of birds , which have been for months silent . The first song of spring comes on the heart ...
... butterflies and beetles are playing on every bank where the snow lay a week before ; and how the bushes are ringing with melody from hundreds of birds , which have been for months silent . The first song of spring comes on the heart ...
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... butterfly , remarkable for the extraordinary gem - like splendour of its decoration , and peculiarly interesting to the philosophic naturalist as being a connecting link between the true butterflies and the moths . This lovely creature ...
... butterfly , remarkable for the extraordinary gem - like splendour of its decoration , and peculiarly interesting to the philosophic naturalist as being a connecting link between the true butterflies and the moths . This lovely creature ...
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... butterflies , with wings of refulgent azure , almost too dazzling to look upon , flap lazily athwart the glade , or alight on the glorious flowers . Little bright- eyed lizards , clad in panoply that glitters in the sun , creep about ...
... butterflies , with wings of refulgent azure , almost too dazzling to look upon , flap lazily athwart the glade , or alight on the glorious flowers . Little bright- eyed lizards , clad in panoply that glitters in the sun , creep about ...
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... butterfly emerald . " Yonder is a white form dancing backward and forward with regular oscillation in the space of a yard , close over the herbage . That must be the " ghost - moth , " surely ! — * Atkinson's Siberia , p . 221 . MOTH ...
... butterfly emerald . " Yonder is a white form dancing backward and forward with regular oscillation in the space of a yard , close over the herbage . That must be the " ghost - moth , " surely ! — * Atkinson's Siberia , p . 221 . MOTH ...
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... butterflies , and myriads of fire - flies never weary in their torchlight dance . Far down the road comes on a blaze , steady , streaming like a meteor . It whizzes past , and for an instant the space is illumined , and dewy jewels from ...
... butterflies , and myriads of fire - flies never weary in their torchlight dance . Far down the road comes on a blaze , steady , streaming like a meteor . It whizzes past , and for an instant the space is illumined , and dewy jewels from ...
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DISCREPANCIES | 64 |
thesis rejectedConsideration of Enaliosaurian Hypothesis | 82 |
Coral StructuresPolypesLagoonsBeauty of Coral Island | 89 |
AustraliaMammothtree of CaliforniaA tall FamilyFell | 114 |
THE MINUTE | 148 |
THE MEMORABLE | 172 |
THE RECLUSE | 195 |
Capture of a SharkNautical Eagerness for the SportHook | 218 |
THE TERRIBLE | 240 |
Charm of the UnknownExpectation of an exploring Naturalist | 271 |
THE GREAT UNKNOWN | 297 |
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Страница 197 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Страница 148 - Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: Fire and hail; snow and vapours: stormy wind fulfilling his word: Mountains and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl...
Страница 202 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Страница 10 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose, The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare, Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Страница 180 - Delight itself, however, is a weak term to express the feelings of a naturalist who, for the first time, has wandered by himself in a Brazilian forest. The elegance of the grasses, the novelty of the parasitical plants, the beauty of the flowers, the glossy green of the foliage, but above all the genoral luxuriance of the vegetation, filled me with admiration.
Страница 108 - I observed a number of advanced works, in various directions, towards my pictures; the glasses appeared to be uncommonly dull, and the frames covered with dust; on attempting to wipe it off, I was astonished to find the glasses fixed to the wall, not suspended in frames as...
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Страница 80 - Kentucky, are blind. In some of the crabs the foot-stalk for the eye remains, though the eye is gone ; — the stand for the telescope is there, though the telescope with its glasses has been lost. As it is difficult to imagine that eyes, though useless, could be in any way injurious to animals living in darkness, their loss may be attributed to disuse.