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The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4

by Pliny the Elder

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This fourth volume contains Book VII (The Natural History of Birds) and Book VIII (The Various Kinds of Insects) out of a total of 9 books.

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English

Original Language

English

Published In

1885

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Gaius Plinius Secundus called Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, naturalist and natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He...

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01 - Bk. 7 Ch. 1 – The Ostrich
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01 - Bk. 7 Ch. 1 – The Ostrich
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02 - Bk. 7 Ch. 2 – The Phoenix
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03 - Bk. 7 Ch. 3 – The Eagle
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04 - Bk. 7 Ch. 4 – The Vulture and the Hawk
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05 - Bk. 7 Ch. 5 – The Crow, the Raven, and the Owl
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06 - Bk. 7 Ch. 6 – The Woodpecker of Mars
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07 - Bk. 7 Ch. 7 – The Peacock and the Rooster
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08 - Bk. 7 Ch. 8 – The Goose
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09 - Bk. 7 Ch. 9 – Cranes
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10 - Bk. 7 Ch. 10 – Storks and Swans
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11 - Bk. 7 Ch. 11 – Foreign Birds which Visit Us
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12 - Bk. 7 Ch. 12 – Swallows
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13 - Bk. 7 Ch. 13 – Birds which take their Departure from Us in Winter
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14 - Bk. 7 Ch. 14 – The Nightingale
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15 - Bk. 7 Ch. 15 – The Halcyons: the Halcyon Days that are Favorable to Navigation
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16 - Bk. 7 Ch. 16 – The Instinctive Cleverness Displayed by Birds in the Construction of their Nests
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17 - Bk. 7 Ch. 17 – The Acanthyllis and the Partridge
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18 - Bk. 7 Ch. 18 – Pigeons
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19 - Bk. 7 Ch. 19 – Different Modes of Flight and Progression in Birds
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20 - Bk. 7 Ch. 20 – Strange and Fabulous Birds
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21 - Bk. 7 Ch. 21 – The Art of Cramming Poultry; Aviaries
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22 - Bk. 7 Ch. 22 – Peculiarities of Animals
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23 - Bk. 8 Ch. 1 – The Extreme Smallness of Insects
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24 - Bk. 8 Ch. 2 – Whether Insects Breathe, and Whether they have Blood
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25 - Bk. 8 Ch. 3 – Bees
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26 - Bk. 8 Ch. 4 – The Mode in which Bees Work
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27 - Bk. 8 Ch. 5 – The Mode of Government of the Bees
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28 - Bk. 8 Ch. 6 – Wasps and Hornets
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29 - Bk. 8 Ch. 7 – The Silk-Worm
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30 - Bk. 8 Ch. 8 – Spiders
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31 - Bk. 8 Ch. 9 – Locusts
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32 - Bk. 8 Ch. 10 – Ants
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