The Boys' and Girls' Pliny by the Elder Pliny
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About this eBook
| Author | Pliny, the Elder, 24?-79 |
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| Editor | White, John S. (John Stuart), 1847-1922 |
| Title |
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Being parts of Pliny's "Natural History" edited for boys and girls, with an Introduction |
| Note | Reading ease score: 58.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Credits |
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Summary | "The Boys' and Girls' Pliny" by Pliny the Elder is an educational adaptation of the Roman author's "Natural History," edited for a younger audience in the late 19th century. This compilation aims to introduce children to various topics concerning nature, geography, and human existence, reflecting the breadth of knowledge accumulated in ancient times while making it accessible to youth. The text is expected to cover a wide spectrum of subjects, from animals and plants to metals and philosophical inquiries. The opening of this work begins with an introduction to Pliny, offering insight into his background, education, and the expansive scope of his original work on Natural History. It details Pliny's journey from a soldier to a scholar and emphasizes the extraordinary amount of research and observation he undertook to compile his encyclopedic knowledge. As the reader embarks on this exploration, they are invited to consider not only remarkable facts about the natural world but also the implications of human life and experience in the context of nature's bounty and complexity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | QH: Science: Natural history |
| Subject | Natural history -- Juvenile literature |
| Subject | Animals -- Juvenile literature |
| Subject | Physical sciences -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 58589 |
| Release Date | Jan 1, 2019 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 144 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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