This section is from the book "A Library Of Wonders And Curiosities Found In Nature And Art, Science And Literature", by I. Platt. Also available from Amazon: A library of wonders and curiosities.
Face Page Muscles of the Human Body, Profile View, 18 Muscles of the Human Body, Back View, . 19 Daniel Lambert and George Morland, . 42
Indian Chief, Black Buffalo, . . .43
Fear.......82
Daniel Dancer and Old Par, . . .83
Orator Henley and John Elwes, . . 106
Simon Brown and Blaise Pascal, . . 107
Edward Wortley Montague and George
Psalmanzar, . . . .114
John Lewis Cardiac and John Smeaton, . 115 John Case and Thomas Topham, . . 114
Zeuxis and Nicholas Pesce, . . . 115
Paul Scarron and Samuel Bisset, . . 122
Maria Galtana Agnesi and Anna Maria
Schurman, . . . . .123
Richard Savage and William Huntington, 130 Napoleon I, ..... 131
Musk Ox and American Bison, . . 138
Gazelle and Antelope, . . . 139
Brown Bear and Grizzly Bear, . . . 146
Fossils - Iguanodon, .... 147
Rhinoceros, . . . . . .162
The Ornithorhyncus Paradoxus, . . 163
Vampire Bat and Rougette, . . . 170
Hunting the White Elephant, . . 171
The Orang-Outang, . . . .178
Seal Hunting, ..... 179
St. Bernard Dog and the Iceland Dog, . 186
Esquimaux Dog and Bull Dog, . . 187
Danish Dog and Fox Hound, . . .194
Various specimens of the Monkey Tribe, 195 Persian Greyhound and Pointer, . . 202
Animal Sagacity, . . . .203
Terrible Adventure with a Shark, . . 210
Whale Fishery,.....211
The Frog-Fish......218
Silk-worms.......226
Humming Birds, . . . .234
Birds in the Tropics.....235
The Great Bustard and Ostriches of South
Africa. . . . . .250
Indian Bird's Nest, .... 251
The Honey Bee,.....266
Bird Catcher at St. Kilda, . . .267
The Ant-Eater, . . . . .298
Ingenuity of the Spider; ... 299 The Bannian Tree, . . . . .370
Cedars of Lebanon, .... 371 Norway Spruce Fir, , . . . 378
The Peak Cavern, .... 379
Face Page Effects of an Earthquake, Sand Flood in the Deserts of Arabia, . . .498
Arctic Regions, ..... 499
Icebergs of Greenland and Spitzbergen, . 522 Traveling in the Arctic Regions, . . 523
Navigating among the Icebergs, . . 530
Palmyra, ...... 531
The Parthenon at Athens, . . .538
Amphitheatre of Vespasian, . . 539
Roman War Chariot, . . . .546
Thyatira.......547
King Solomon's Ancient City of Baalbec, 546 Pompey's Pillar, .... 547
Pyramids of Gizeh, Egypt, . . .554
Temple of Tentyra in Egypt, . .555
Temple of the Ancient Egyptians at Thebes, 562 Interior of Ancient Roman House, . 563
Church of Notre Dame at Paris, . . 570
City of Damascus, . . . .571
Cocoanut Trees and Pyramids of Egypt, . 578 The Giant's Causeway and the Spectre of the Broken . . . . .579
The Great Wall of China, ... 586 Ancient Methods of Storming a Fort, . 587
The Emperor of China, . . . 594
A Chinese School, . . . . .595
Witnessing a Battle from the Clouds, . 602 Egyptian Shop-keeper, . . . .603
Roman Soldiers and Consul, . . 618
Ancient Persian Soldiers, . . .619
Water Spouts, . . . . .666
The Fata Morgana as observed in Harbor of
Messina, . . . . .667
Parhelia, or Mock Sun - The Ignis Fatuus, 674 Falling Stars - Monsoon in India, . . 675
Aurora Borealis, In Arctic Regions and
Scotland, ..... 714 Glass Blowing, Process of, . . . 715
Caesar Landing in Great Britain, . . 730
Caesar Crossing the Rubicon, . . .731
Great Bell of Moscow, ... 794
Eddystone Lighthouse, . . . .795
Races of Man, ..... 818 Cleopatra's Barge, . . . .819
Destruction of the Bastile, . . .826
A Jewish Priest, . . . . .827
John Gutenberg, .... 834
Ship Great Harry,.....835
Elevated Railroads, . . . . 842
Suspension Bridge, . . . . 843
Egyptian Obelisk (Cleopatra's Needle), . 874 Diagrams of Wonderful Experiments, . 875
 
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