The Desert World

The Desert World

Every attempt has been made to replicate the original book as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected. A list follows the etext. No attempt has been made to correct or normalize printed botanical names. The footnotes have all been moved to the end of the etext. Some illustrations have been moved from within paragraphs for ease of reading. (etext transcribers note) FROM THE FRENCH OF ARTHUR MANGIN. Edited and Enlarged BY THE TRANSLATOR OF THE BIRD, BY MICHELET. WITH 160 ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. FREEMAN, FOULQUIER, AND YAN DARGENT. LONDON: T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW; EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK. 1869. HE area of our present work would be very limited if we understood the word Desert in its more rigorous signification; for we should then have only to consider those desolate wildernesses which an inclement sky and a sterile soil seem to exclude for ever from mans dominion. But, by a license which usage authorizes, we are able to attribute to this term a much more extended sense; and to call Deserts not only the sandy seas of Africa and Asia, the icy wastes of the Poles, and the inaccessible crests of the great mountain-chains; but all the regions where man has not planted his regular communities or permanent abodes; where earth has never been appropriated, tilled, and subjected to cultivation; where Nature has maintained her inviolability against the encroachments of human industry. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 43396
Author: Mangin, Arthur
Release Date: Aug 3, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Dargent, Yan, 1824-1899 , Freeman, William Henry, active 1839-1875‏
Translator: Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891