A Book of Natural History

Huxley, Darwin, Wallace, Burroughs and Maeterlinck, writing for young readers — thirty-odd essays by the great naturalists on everything from the man-like apes to what worms do.

The Condor

3 pages in this part of A Book of Natural History.

The Condor (Young Folks' Library in Twenty)

Young Folks' Library in Twenty Volumes Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY .

The Condor

HIS day I shot a condor. It measured from tip to tip of the wings eight and a half feet, and from beak to tail, four feet. This bird is…

The Condor: Chileno

The condors may oftentimes be seen at a great height, soaring over a certain spot in the most graceful circles. On some occasions I am sure…

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