THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH, Editor-in-chief, Author, poet, former editor Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Mass. The HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR, United States Senator, Worcester, Mass. The HON. JOHN D. LONG, Secretary of the United States Navy, Boston. HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., Author, literarian, associate editor The Outlook, New York. ERNEST THOMPSON-SETON, Artist, author, New York. JOHN TOWNSEND TROWBRIDGE, Author, poet, and editor, Arlington, Mass. The REVEREND CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, Archdeacon, author, Philadelphia. JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, Humorous writer, Atlanta, Ga. MARY HARTWELL CATHERWOOD, Historical novelist, Chicago. LAURA E. RICHARDS, Author, Gardiner, Me. ROSWELL FIELD, Author, editor The Evening Post, Chicago. TUDOR JENKS, Author, associate editor Saint Nicholas, New York. GEORGE A. HENTY, Traveller, author, London, England. KIRK MUNROE, Writer of stories for boys, Cocoanut Grove, Fla. EDITH M. THOMAS, Poet, West New Brighton, N.Y. CAROLINE TICKNOR, Author, editor, Boston. WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER, D.D., LL.D., President Chicago University. [DAVID STARR JORDAN], M.D., LL.D., President Leland Stanford Junior University, naturalist, writer, Stanford University, Cal. CHARLES ELIOT NORTON, A.M., LL.D., etc., Scholar, author, Emeritus Professor of Art at Harvard University. HENRY VAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D., Clergyman, author, Professor Princeton University. The REVEREND THOMAS J. SHAHAN, Dean of the Faculty of Divinity, Professor of Early Ecclesiastical History, Catholic University, Washington, D.C. WILLIAM P. TRENT, Author, editor, Professor of English Literature, Columbia University, New York City. EDWARD SINGLETON HOLDEN, A.M., LL.D., Ex-president University of California, astronomer, author, U.S. Military Academy, West Point. EDWIN ERLE SPARKS, Professor of American History, Chicago University. The VERY REV. GEORGE M. GRANT. D.D., LL.D., Educator, author, vice-principal Queen’s College, Kingston, Ont. NATHAN HASKELL DOLE, Author, translator, literary editor Current History, Boston. ABBIE FARWELL BROWN, Author, Boston. CHARLES WELSH, Managing Editor, Author, lecturer, editor, Winthrop Highlands, Mass.

LIST OF VOLUMES

  1. Volume I.
  2. THE STORY TELLER
    Edited by Charles Eliot Norton
  3. Volume II.
  4. THE MERRY MAKER
    Edited by Joel Chandler Harris
  5. Volume III.
  6. FAMOUS FAIRY TALES
    Edited by Roswell Field
  7. Volume IV.
  8. TALES OF FANTASY
    Edited by Tudor Jenks
  9. Volume V.
  10. MYTHS AND LEGENDS
    Edited by Thomas J. Shahan
  11. Volume VI.
  12. THE ANIMAL STORY BOOK
    Edited by Ernest Thompson-Seton
  13. Volume VII.
  14. SCHOOL AND COLLEGE DAYS
    Edited by Kirk Munroe and Mary Hartwell Catherwood
  15. Volume VIII.
  16. BOOK OF ADVENTURE
    Edited by Nathan Haskell Dole
  17. Volume IX.
  18. FAMOUS EXPLORERS
    Edited by Edwin Erle Sparks
  19. Volume X.
  20. BRAVE DEEDS
    Edited by John Townsend Trowbridge
  21. Volume XI.
  22. WONDERS OF EARTH, SEA, AND SKY
    Edited by Edward Singleton Holden
  23. Volume XII.
  24. FAMOUS TRAVELS
    Edited by George A. Henty
  25. Volume XIII.
  26. SEA STORIES
    Edited by Cyrus Townsend Brady
  27. [Volume XIV.]
  28. [A BOOK OF NATURAL HISTORY]
    Edited by [David Starr Jordan]
  29. Volume XV.
  30. HISTORIC SCENES IN FICTION
    Edited by Henry Van Dyke
  31. Volume XVI.
  32. FAMOUS BATTLES BY LAND AND SEA
    Edited by John D. Long
  33. Volume XVII.
  34. MEN WHO HAVE RISEN
    Edited by Hamilton Wright Mabie
  35. Volume XVIII.
  36. BOOK OF PATRIOTISM
    Edited by George Frisbie Hoar
  37. Volume XIX.
  38. LEADERS OF MEN, OR HISTORY TOLD IN BIOGRAPHY
    Edited by William Rainey Harper
  39. Volume XX.
  40. FAMOUS POEMS
    Selected by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, with Poetical Foreword by Edith M. Thomas.

[The Condor.]

Young Folks’ Library in Twenty Volumes
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Editor-in-Chief

A BOOK OF
NATURAL
HISTORY

EDITED BY
DAVID STARR JORDAN