Lives of labour
Subtitle: or, Incidents in the career of eminent naturalists and celebrated travellers.
By: By C.L. Brightwell ...
Publisher: T. Nelson and sons
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Natural history.; Naturalists.
Notes: Added t.-p., illustrated.
These articles, with others, were published, 1861, under title: Romantic incidents in the lives of naturalists and celebrated travellers.
Table of contents: title: Linnæus naming the flowers.; title: Sketch of the life and wanderings of Le Vaillant.; title: Scenes in the life of Audubon.; title: Voyages of François Peron, the zoologist.; title: Bayard Taylor in the "Northern land."; title: Adanson's experience among the negroes.; title: Labours of Pierre Lyonnet, the entomologist.; title: Incidents in the lives of Latreille and d'Isjouvil.; title: Incidents in the life of Sonnini.; title: A sketch of the life of John Swammerdam.; title: Alexander von Humboldt.; title: An account of Joseph Dombey, the botanist.; title: An incident in the life of Dufresnoy.; title: Adventures of a missionary naturalist in the Nicobar islands.; title: Passages in the life of John Sibthorp.; title: Pages from the Abbé Domensch's diary.; title: Captain Mayne Reid and the quicksand.; title: Perilous adventure of Bishop Stanley in an Alpine pass.; title: Visit of M. Huc to the Lamasery of Kounboum.