Animals & Nature

The Training of Wild Animals

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Frank Charles Bostock


Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment …

Bert's Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking

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Edmund Bert


An approved Treatise of Hawkes and Hawking. Divided into three Bookes. The first teacheth, How to make a short-winged Hawke good, with good …

Pussy Black-Face: The Story of a Kitten and Her Friends

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Marshall Saunders


"My name is Pussy Black-Face, and I am a naughty young kitten. I wish I were good like my mother. She is the best cat that I ever saw. …

The Living Animals of the World, Volume 1: Mammals

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Various


The Living Animals of the Natural World, subtitled "a popular Natural History", proposed to present the most updated version of th…

Movement & Progression of Animals

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Aristotle


Movement of Animals (or On the Motion of Animals; Greek Περὶ ζῴων κινήσεως; Latin De Motu Animalium) begins with a discussion of the physics…

Don, a Runaway Dog: His Many Adventures

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Richard Barnum


Don was one of five little puppies. With his brothers and sisters he cuddled up close to Mrs. Gurr, the mother dog, to keep warm, for it was…

Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained

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Moses Quinby


THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BEES, DIRECTIONS FOR OBTAINING THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF PURE SURPLUS HONEY WITH THE LEAST POSSIBLE EXPENSE, REMEDIES FO…

Great Testimony against Scientific Cruelty

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Stephen Coleridge


Vivisection is a pejorative term used by opponents of the practice of performing operations on live animals for the purpose of physiological…

Bunny Brothers

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Jacqueline Clayton


Pinkie is one of a whole bunch of bunny brothers and sisters. Their mother, Mrs. Bunny, is a busy woman and often exasperated with the exub…

Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel

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Richard Barnum


The Squirrel family lived half-way up a tall tree in their cozy little home, lined with soft, dried leaves and white, fluffy cotton. Slicko…

Dragons of the Air

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Harry Seeley


Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…

Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin

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Hans Aanrud


Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the stor…

The Elements of Conchology

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William Ruschenberger


The fifth of the Series of First Books of Natural History, embraces that branch of our subject which treats of the Mollusca, or soft animals…

Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox

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David Cory


David Cory is the author of over 50 children's book including the Little Jack Rabbit series and the Puss-in-Boots series. These Billy Bunny …

Galopoff, the Talking Pony

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Tudor Jenks


These are the fantastic adventures of Galopoff, the talking pony, and his friends. Galopoff experiences some amazing adventures in Russia, m…

Little Jack Rabbit and Chippy Chipmunk

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David Cory


David Cory is the author of over 50 children's book including the Little Jack Rabbit series and the Puss-in-Boots series. This is the fourth…

Buster Bear's Twins, Version 2

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Thornton W. Burgess


Follow Boxer and Woof-Woof with Mother Bear on their adventures in the Green Forest. Along the way, Boxer learns the value of politeness. - …

How Mr. Rabbit Lost His Tail

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Albert Bigelow Paine


A small selection of children's stories from the Hollow Tree Stories series - Summary by David Gore

The Early Cave-Men

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Katharine Elizabeth Dopp


The People Who Wanted To Live in Caves. This little book takes us back to the time when our ancestors lived, or wanted to live, in caves. Un…

Wildwood Ways

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Winthrop Packard


American naturalist, Winthrop Packard, takes us on a journey among the wild woods and ponds alerting us to their many inhabitants. He points…

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