The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore" : (founde...
The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore" : (founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science) / by Henry Mayhew, author of "London labour and the London poor".
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London : David Bogue, MDCCCLV [1855]
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English
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1 online resource (xvi, 484 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
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text
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computer
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online resource
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Publisher
London : David Bogue, MDCCCLV [1855]
Edition
Second edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
MDCCCLV [1855]
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Full title
The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore" : (founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science) / by Henry Mayhew, author of "London labour and the London poor".
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Child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore
Story of the peasant-boy philosopher
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General note
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Binding design signed: "JL" (John Leighton).
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.
Some illustrations engraved by H. Vizetelly after drawings by Sir John Gilbert....
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74VKVE3Qk723
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991024130942002626
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