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100 1 _aPliny, the Elder,
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245 1 4 _aThe Boys' and Girls' Pliny :
_bBeing parts of Pliny's "Natural History" edited for boys and girls, with an Introduction
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2019
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2019-01-01
508 _aProduced 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)
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aNatural history -- Juvenile literature
653 _aAnimals -- Juvenile literature
653 _aPhysical sciences -- Juvenile literature
700 1 _aWhite, John S.
_q(John Stuart),
_d1847-1922
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58589
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