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Heads and tales
Adam White
A famous man and his favorite animal often share a story worth telling. Adam White gathers anecdotes of quadrupeds and other beasts, weaving them through the lives of distinguished figures from history. A charming Victorian miscellany where natural history meets biography and good storytelling. For the reader who enjoys curious tales of animals and the people who knew them. Turn the page for another.
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261 chapters
- 1HEADS AND TALES;
- 2OR,
- 3ANECDOTES AND STORIES OF QUADRUPEDS AND OTHER BEASTS,
- 4CHIEFLY CONNECTED WITH INCIDENTS IN THE HISTORIES OF MORE OR LESS DISTINGUISHED MEN.
- 5COMPILED AND SELECTED BY
- 6ADAM WHITE,
- 7LATE ASSISTANT IN THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, BRITISH MUSEUM.
- 8PREFACE.
- 9CONTENTS.
- 10HEADS AND TALES.
- 11MAN.
- 12Thomas Gainsborough the Artist, and the Tailor.
- 13Sir David Wilkie and the Baby.
- 14Man Defined Somewhat in the Linnæan Manner.
- 15Addison and Steele on some of the Peculiarities of the Natural History Collectors of the day.
- 16MONKEYS.
- 17The Gorilla and its Story.
- 18Mr Mitchell on a Young Chimpanzee.
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