Nature Books
Amerigo Vespucci
Frederick A. OberAmerigo Vespucci is a history work written by Frederick A. Ober, an American naturalist and writer...
Mother West Wind "How" Stories
Thornton W. BurgessPeter Rabbit has many questions. How did Howler the Wolf get his name? How did Lightfoot the Deer learn to jump? How did Drummer the Woodpecker come by his red cap? When Peter asks Grandfather Frog, G..
Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life
Samuel Taylor ColeridgePreface from the book: The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge. Everything that fell from the pen of that extraordinary man bore latent, as well as ..
Fostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer
Avis A. Burnham StanwoodFostina Woodman, the Wonderful Adventurer is a California's gold discoveries fiction written by Avis A. Burnham Stanwood. Excerpts from the book:Reader, are you a lover of Nature? And do you behold wi..
Curiosités judiciaires et historiques du moyen âge. Procès contre les animaux
Émile AgnelCuriosités judiciaires et historiques du moyen âge. Procès contre les animaux is a French book about animals law and legislation history written by Émile Agnel, a French lawyer...
An Essay on the Principle of Population
T. R. MalthusThe following Essay owes its origin to a conversation with a friend, on the subject of Mr Godwin's essay on avarice and profusion, in his Enquirer. The discussion started the general question of the f..
The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix PotterThe Treasury contains nineteen stories written by Beatrix Potter. The most famous story is Peter Rabbit, which features a naughty young rabbit who learns the value of listening to his mother. Bor..
Anecdotes of Animals
AnonymousAnecdotes of Animals is a children's book about animals written by Anonymous authors.An abbot, a man of wit, and skilled in the making of new musical instruments, was ordered by Louis XI., king o..