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

Contributor:

Richter, Albert, illustrator.

Hampe, T., illustrator.

Specht, Friedrich, 1839-1909, illustrator.

Begg, Samuel, illustrator.

Woodville, Richard Caton, 1856-1927, illustrator.

Platz, Ernst, illustrator.

Illner, R., illustrator.

Kretschmer, Robert, 1818-1872, illustrator.

Berkeley, Stanley, illustrator.

Mützel, Gustave, 1839-1893, illustrator.

W. W. M., illustrator.

E. R., illustrator.

H. G., illustrator.

Hildibrand, Henri Théophile, illustrator.

Cooper, J., illustrator.

Snyder, W. R., illustrator.

Wood, Stanley, 1866-1928, illustrator.

Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901, illustrator.

Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813-1903, engraver.

Pearson, engraver.

Berveiller, E., engraver.

Laplante, Charles, 1837-1903, engraver.

Schell & Hogan, engraver.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's stories.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[United States?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1910]

System Details:

text file

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 and 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.

Local Notes:

Scanned copy defective: pages before page 86 missing.

OCLC:

905312126

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.