Birds, Their Cages and Their Keep: Being a Practical Manual of Bird-keeping and Bird-rearingMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 177 من الصفحات |
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... volume is solely intended for the perusal of beginners in the profitable occupation of successful bird - rearing ; for those who love their pets , are anxious to benefit by any instructions , and are willing to undergo temporary ...
... volume is solely intended for the perusal of beginners in the profitable occupation of successful bird - rearing ; for those who love their pets , are anxious to benefit by any instructions , and are willing to undergo temporary ...
الصفحة vii
... volume such as to be within the grasp of all the poor and needy , either in purse or knowledge . If my observations serve the purpose of brightening the lot of even one , now unhappy , neglected songster , and increasing the narrow ...
... volume such as to be within the grasp of all the poor and needy , either in purse or knowledge . If my observations serve the purpose of brightening the lot of even one , now unhappy , neglected songster , and increasing the narrow ...
الصفحة 94
... Volumes might be filled with anecdotes illustrative of bird cha- racteristics , and yet still not all their curious traits be fully told . Nature is inexhaustible ; and as not two blades of grass even are made exactly alike , so with ...
... Volumes might be filled with anecdotes illustrative of bird cha- racteristics , and yet still not all their curious traits be fully told . Nature is inexhaustible ; and as not two blades of grass even are made exactly alike , so with ...
الصفحة 116
... prices at shows . The Lizard is so called from its fancied resemblance to the reptile of that name . The Rev. F. Smith , to the 66 perusal of whose pretty volume I refer my reader 116 [ CHAP . BIRDS : CAGES AND KEEP .
... prices at shows . The Lizard is so called from its fancied resemblance to the reptile of that name . The Rev. F. Smith , to the 66 perusal of whose pretty volume I refer my reader 116 [ CHAP . BIRDS : CAGES AND KEEP .
الصفحة 117
... volume I refer my reader , thus describes its characteristics in his Canaria . " " The crown of the head consists in being either pure white or yellow , like the tonsure of a Cistercian monk , whilst the rest of the upper part of their ...
... volume I refer my reader , thus describes its characteristics in his Canaria . " " The crown of the head consists in being either pure white or yellow , like the tonsure of a Cistercian monk , whilst the rest of the upper part of their ...
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الصفحة 48 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 14 - THE FAIRY BOOK ; the Best Popular Fairy Stories. Selected and rendered anew by the Author of
الصفحة 29 - Norton. — Works by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON : — THE LADY OF LA GARAYE. With Vignette and Frontispiece. New Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 4*.
الصفحة 29 - Nine Years Old.— By the Author of "St. Olave's," "When I was a Little Girl," &c. Illustrated by FROLICH. Third Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth gilt. $s. 6d. It is believed that this story, by the favourably known author of " St. Olave's," will be found both highly interesting and instructive to the young.
الصفحة 2 - FJiofs style. . . . Her stories could not be other than they are, as literal as truth, as romantic as fiction, full of pathetic touches and strokes of genuine humour. . . . All the stories are studies of actual life, executed with no mean art.