The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "The child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore" : (foun...
The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "The 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.
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New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1856.
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English
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1 online resource (500 pages, 9 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
New York : Harper & Brothers, publishers, 1856.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1856.
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The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "The 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.
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Child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore
Story of the peasant-boy philosopher
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Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
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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74VKVEJl0bmb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVEJl0bmb
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991024130151702626
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Gale Cengage Learning, Nineteenth Century Collections Online
