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Educated at King's College, London, the naturalist and marine
biologist William Saville-Kent (1845-1908) went on to work at the
British Museum and in aquariums at Brighton, Manchester and
Westminster. He spent many years in Australia as a fisheries
expert, and during this time he made extensive surveys of the
natural world. The present work, first published in 1897, was
intended to give a non-scientific audience a glimpse of the
fantastic array of wildlife in Australia. The author discusses the
many varieties of birds, lizards, fish and other sea life, insects
(an entire chapter is devoted to termites), and vegetation. He was
also able to take advantage of the photographic technology of the
time and include around fifty collotype images, which complement
the many other illustrations of the plants and animals he writes
about, providing a vivid overview of the natural world in late
nineteenth-century Australia.
Title: The Garden of the Resurrection. A poem.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books
reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society,
ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many
classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection
has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below
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British Library Savile, William; 1886. 27 p.; 8 . 11602.ee.6.(3.)
And An Account Of The Organization And Affinities Of The Sponges.
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And An Account Of The Organization And Affinities Of The Sponges.
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