The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore"
By: by Henry Mayhew, author of the "Wonders of science"
Contributors: Gilbert, John, 1817-1897, illustrator; Vizetelly, Henry, 1820-1894, engraver
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: George Routledge and Sons
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Astronomers; Science; Experiments; Constellations
Other titles: Story of the peasant-boy philosopher; Child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore; Peasant-boy philosopher
Notes: Date of publication from inscription on prize plate printed in colors and gilt by T.J. Allman.

Includes a map of constellations.

Illustrations engraved by H. Vizetelly drawn after J.G. (i.e. Sir John Gilbert).

Publisher's catalogue follows text.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.