Every attempt has been made to replicate the original book as printed. Some typographical errors have been corrected. [A list follows the etext]. No attempt has been made to correct or normalize printed botanical names. The footnotes have all been moved to the end of the etext. Some illustrations have been moved from within paragraphs for ease of reading. (etext transcriber’s note)
[Preface.]
[Contents.]
[Index.]
[List of Illustrations.]
[Footnotes.]
T H E D E S E R T W O R L D.
“For I have learned
To look on Nature, not as in the hour
Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes
The still sad music of humanity.”
Wordsworth
THE DESERT WORLD.
FROM THE FRENCH OF ARTHUR MANGIN.
Edited and Enlarged
BY
THE TRANSLATOR OF “THE BIRD, BY MICHELET.”
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WITH 160 ILLUSTRATIONS BY W. FREEMAN, FOULQUIER, AND YAN DARGENT.
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LONDON:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.
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1869.
Preface.