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Woodland Tales (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1922), by Ernest Thompson Seton (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
Dame Nature and Her Three Daughters (La Mère Gigogne et Ses Trois Filles): A Grandpapa's Talks and Stories About Natural History, and Things of Daily Use (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869), by X.-B. Saintine (page images at HathiTrust)
Facts From the World of Nature, Animate and Inanimate (London: Grant and Griffith, 1848), by Mrs. Loudon (page images at Google)
Fairy Roads to Science-Town (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., c1919), by Mrs. A. S. Hardy, illust. by Helen M. Barton (page images at HathiTrust)
The Fairyland Around Us (Los Angeles: The author, 1918), by Opal Stanley Whiteley
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A Gift for a Little Child (Concord, NH: R. Merrill, 1843) (multiple formats at archive.org)
Mental Improvement: or, The Beauties and Wonders of Nature and Art, in A series of Instructive Conversations (New Bedford, MA: Printed by Abraham Shearman, Jun., for C. Greene and Son, 1799), by Priscilla Wakefield (multiple formats at archive.org)
Morning Face (Garden City, NY: Doubleday Pub. Co., 1916), by Gene Stratton-Porter (multiple formats at archive.org)
Natural History: or, Uncle Philip's Conversations With the Children About Tools and Trades Among Inferior Animals (New York: Harper and Bros., 1835), by Francis L. Hawks (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
The Out-Door World: or, Young Collector's Handbook (London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893), by William S. Furneaux
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Quiet Hours With Nature (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1904), by Mrs. Brightwen, illust. by Theobald Carreras
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Rambles with Nature Students (London: Religious Tract Society, ca. 1899), by Mrs. Brightwen, illust. by Theobald Carreras (multiple formats at archive.org)
Rollo's Experiments (Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Co., c1839), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
Rollo's Museum (Boston: Weeks, Jordan, and Co., 1839), by Jacob Abbott (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
Round-About Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy (new edition; New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910), by Frank R. Stockton (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Science Enfantine: La Nature et Ses Trois Règnes; Causeries et Contes d'un Bon Papa sur l'Histoire Naturelle et sur les Objets les Plus Usuels (second edition of La Mère Gigogne et Ses Trois Filles, in French; Paris: L. Hachette et cie., 1868), by X.-B. Saintine (page images at HathiTrust)
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children (Boston: Ginn and Company, 1898), by Jane Andrews (HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children, by Jane Andrews (Gutenberg text)
The World at Home: or, Pictures and Scenes From Far-Off Lands (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1869), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (multiple formats at Google)
The Year-Book of Natural History, for Young Persons (London: John Murray, 1842), by Mrs. Loudon (page images at Google)
Young Folks' Nature Field Book (Boston, D. Estes and Co., c1906), by J. Alden Loring (page images at HathiTrust)
Madam How and Lady Why: or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children, by Charles Kingsley (Gutenberg text)
Madam How and Lady Why: or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1891), by Charles Kingsley (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
A Natural History of British Birds (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Natural History of British Quadrupeds (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Natural History of Fishes (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Natural History of Foreign Birds (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Natural History of Foreign Quadrupeds (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
A Natural History of Water Birds (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
Outdoor Secrets (Chicago and New York: A. Flanagan, c1903), by Margaret P. Boyle, illust. by Augusta T. Tappan (page images at HathiTrust)
The Story of David Livingstone, by Vautier Golding (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)
A Natural History of Reptiles, Serpents, and Insects (based on Buffon's Natural History; Alnwick: W. Davison, ca. 1820), contrib. by Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon, illust. by Thomas Bewick (multiple formats at archive.org)
The Traveller: or, A Description of Various Wonders in Nature and Art (London: Religious Tract Society, 1839) (page images at Google)
Birds and their nests, by Mary Howitt, illust. by Harrison Weir (Gutenberg ebook)
Animal Life in Field and Garden, by Jean-Henri Fabre, trans. by Florence Constable Bicknell (Gutenberg ebook)
Young Folks' Nature Field Book, by J. Alden Loring (Gutenberg ebook)
Little Wanderers, by Margaret Warner Morley (Gutenberg ebook)
Boschgeheimen (in Dutch), by William J. Long, trans. by Cilia Stoffel, illust. by Charles Copeland (Gutenberg ebook)
A Child's Guide to Pictures, by Charles H. Caffin (Gutenberg ebook)
The Boys' and Girls' Pliny: Being parts of Pliny's "Natural History" edited for boys and girls, with an Introduction, by the Elder Pliny, ed. by John S. White (Gutenberg ebook)
The Child's Book of Nature: Three parts in one, by Worthington Hooker (Gutenberg ebook)
A Natural History for Young People: Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homes: including mammals, birds and fishes, by Phebe Westcott Humphreys (Gutenberg ebook)
Outlines of Creation, by Elisha Noyce (Gutenberg ebook)
Natural Wonders, by Edwin Tenney Brewster (Gutenberg ebook)
The Queen Bee, and Other Nature Stories, by Carl Ewald, trans. by G. C. Moore Smith (Gutenberg ebook)
The Child's Book of the Seasons, by Arthur Ransome, illust. by Frances Craine (Gutenberg ebook)
Pond and Stream, by Arthur Ransome, illust. by Frances Craine (Gutenberg ebook)
The Adventures of a Grain of Dust, by Hallam Hawksworth (Gutenberg ebook)
The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines, by Hezekiah Butterworth, illust. by Frank T. Merrill (Gutenberg ebook)
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures: A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science, by Arabella B. Buckley (Gutenberg ebook)
The Two Goats and the Sick Monkey (Gutenberg ebook)
The Orbis Pictus, by Johann Amos Comenius, ed. by C. W. Bardeen, trans. by Charles Hoole (Gutenberg ebook)
Friends in Feathers and Fur, and Other Neighbors: For Young Folks, by James Johonnot (Gutenberg ebook)
A Child's Primer of Natural History, by Oliver Herford (Gutenberg ebook)
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children, by W. Houghton (Gutenberg ebook)
Charley's Museum: A Story for Young People (Gutenberg ebook)
Chatterbox Stories of Natural History (Gutenberg ebook)
Routledge's British primer (London and Glasgow, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1888), illust. by Harrison Weir, William Small, and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Our young folks at home (Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1888) (page images at Florida)
Gathered clusters from scripture pages (Edinburgh: MacNiven and Wallace, n.d.), by Elizabeth Hope (page images at Florida)
Scripture natural history and guide to general zoology (London and New York: London Printing and Publishing Company, n.d.), by W. I Bicknell and London Printing and Publishing Company (page images at Florida)
Part I. of a book of the world : for the use of children ; being an attempt to render the first principles of knowledge easy, by means of such a simplicity of language and minutes of detail as have not previously been brought forward for their advantage (London: M.J. Godwin and Co., 1819), by E. Fenwick, Richard and Arthur Taylor (Firm), and M.J. Godwin & Co (page images at Florida)
Joh. Amos Comenii orbis sensualium pictus (London: Printed for S. Leacroft, n.d.), by Johann Amos Comenius, Charles Hoole, and S Leacroft (page images at Florida)
An astronomical and geographical catechism (Boston: S. Hall, 1796), by Caleb Bingham and Samuel Hall (page images at Florida)
The New England primer, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading (New England: [s.n.], [180-?]), by Westminster Assembly (page images at Florida)
The New England primer, improved, or, An easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading (Boston (no. 2, Cornhill): James Loring, 1815), by James Loring and Westminster Assembly (page images at Florida)
Pictures from nature (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1869), by Mary Botham Howitt, George Routledge and Sons, Evans & Co Bradbury, and Kronheim & Co (page images at Florida)
The child's natural history (London and New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1865), by A. L Bond and George Routledge and Sons (page images at Florida)
The juvenile gift-book, or, The parents' cabinet of amusement and instruction (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867), by Elder Smith (page images at Florida)
Tales about Asia and Africa (London: Darton and Co., 1859), by Samuel G. Goodrich, T. Wilson, Edward William Clarke, and Darton & Co (page images at Florida)
Pictures of natural history (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1867), illust. by Robert Paterson and William Small (page images at Florida)
Peter Parley's wonders of the sea and sky (London: Darton and Co., 1851), by Samuel G. Goodrich and Darton & Co (page images at Florida)
Glimpses of the wonderful (Philadelphia: J. & J.L. Gihon, 1852), by Josiah Wood Whymper and J. & J.L. Gihon (page images at Florida)
Common objects of the country (London and New York: G. Routledge & Co., 1858), by J. G. Wood, Richard Clay, Coleman, Edmund Evans, Bone & Son, and G. Routledge & Co (page images at Florida)
Glaucus, or, The wonders of the shore (Cambridge <Eng>: Macmillan & Co., 1855), by Charles Kingsley, Richard Clay, William Dickes, and Macmillan & Co (page images at Florida)
The home story-book (Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1857), by Thomas Prichard Rossiter, Lindsay & Blakiston, and Gilbert & Gihon (page images at Florida)
The history and habits of animals (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1859), by Peter Walker, Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. (Old School) Board of Publication, and Jesper Harding & Son (page images at Florida)
Glaucus, or, The wonders of the shore (Cambridge <Eng> ;: London :, 1859), by Charles Kingsley, Richard Clay, William Dickes, James Burn & Company, and Macmillan & Co (page images at Florida)
Caterpillars, butterflies, & moths (London: Jarrold and Sons, 1860), by Mary Kirby, William Dickes, Emily Bolingbroke, Elizabeth Kirby, E Whimper, and Jarrold and Sons (page images at Florida)
Ebb and flow (London: Houlston & Wright, 1860), by John Leighton, Thos Milner, John Menzies, R. W Fraser, Edmund Evans, James Burn & Company, William and Robert Chambers, Houlston and Wright, and Grant Brothers (page images at Florida)
The holiday book (London: James Blackwood, 1857), by William Martin, Robert K Burt, James Blackwood, and William Dickes (page images at Florida)
Parables from nature (London: Bell and Daldy, 1857), by Alfred Gatty, Richard Clay, and Bell and Daldy (page images at Florida)
Parables from nature (London: Bell and Daldy, 1858), by Alfred Gatty, Richard Clay, and Bell and Daldy (page images at Florida)
The book of birds (New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1858), by Leavitt & Allen (page images at Florida)
Views from nature (New York: American Tract Society, 1866), by American Tract Society (page images at Florida)
Domestic animals, familiar birds, &c. (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1865), by H. W. Dulcken and Lock Ward (page images at Florida)
Beeton's annual (London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1866), by Stephen Austin, Samuel Orchart Beeton, Friedrich Wilhelm Keyl, W. Harry Rogers, Frederick John Skill, Gustave Doré, J. Gordon Thomson, Harrison Weir, Johann Baptist Zwecker, William Brunton, Lionel Charles Henley, Richard C Huttula, Ed Law, W. W May, T Morton, J. Abbott Pasquier, E. A Smith, Samuel Wallin, Bone & Son, and Frederick Warne and Co (page images at Florida)
The observing eye, or, Letters to children on the three lowest divisions of animal life (London: Jarrold and Sons, 1865), by Anne Wright, William Dickes, and Jarrold and Sons (page images at Florida)
The Child's illustrated book of natural history (Philadelphia: Duffield Ashmead, 1868) (page images at Florida)
Lives of labour, or, Incidents in the career of eminent naturalists and celebrated travellers (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875), by C. L. Brightwell (page images at Florida)
Tales about Asia and Africa (London: Darton and Co., 1861), by Samuel G. Goodrich, ed. by T. Wilson (page images at Florida)
Parables from nature (London: Bell and Daldy, 1858), by Alfred Gatty (page images at Florida)
Who were the first miners? (New York, London, Edinburgh: T. Nelson and Sons, 1874) (page images at Florida)
The favourite holiday book for boys (1876), illust. by Edmund Evans, James Davis Cooper, Charles H Ross, Walter Crane, and William Brunton (page images at Florida)
Chapters on animals (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1874), by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, illust. by Jules Jacques Veyrassat and Karl Bodmer (page images at Florida)
The Christian garland, or, A companion for leisure hours (London: Religious Tract Society, 1855), illust. by Kronheim & Co (page images at Florida)
Little folks in feathers and fur and others in neither (Hartford Conn: Dustin, Gilman & Co., 1874), by Olive Thorne Miller, illust. by Félix Jean Gauchard and A Mesnel (page images at Florida)
The plant world (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1875), by Elizabeth Twining (page images at Florida)
The Happy hour, or, holiday fancies and every-day facts for young people with many illustrations (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1874), illust. by Félix Jean Gauchard and John Filmer (page images at Florida)
Early genius and remarkable records of its achievements (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1874) (page images at Florida)
Natural history stories (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1875), by Mary Botham Howitt, illust. by Harrison Weir, L. Huard, R Barnes, Edwin Henry Landseer, Thomas Groom & Co, and Bourne & Shepherd (page images at Florida)
The young man's evening book (New-York: C.S. Francis & Co., 1851) (page images at Florida)
Through magic glasses and other lectures (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1890), by Arabella B. Buckley (page images at Florida)
Through magic glasses, and other lectures (London: Edward Stanford, 1890), by Arabella B. Buckley (page images at Florida)
My first voyage (London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1860), by William Stones, J Rapkin, E Roffe, and Leighton Son & Hodge (page images at Florida)
Monsters of the sea, legendary and authentic (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1890), by John Gibson (page images at Florida)
Mary Howitt's Instructive stories for young people (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1872), by Mary Botham Howitt, illust. by J. Quartley, Louis Dujardin, William Henry Freeman, and Best & Leloir Andrew (page images at Florida)
A Year with the wild flowers (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, [187-?]), by Edith Waddy (page images at Florida)
The boys' own country book of summer (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1882), by Thomas Miller, illust. by Henry Vizetelly (page images at Florida)
Flowers and their teachings (London: Religious Tract Society, 1876) (page images at Florida)
Chatterbox album of animals (London: W.W. Gardner, 1880), by Margaret Vandegrift, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Pictures for our darlings (Boston: D. Lothrop & Co., 1876), illust. by Samuel Smith Kilburn (page images at Florida)
The animal picture book for kind little people (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1873), illust. by Harrison Weir, Thomas Bolton, William Measom, Charles A Ferrier, Thomas Waterman Wood, and Greenaway & Wright (page images at Florida)
Evenings at home, or, The juvenile budget opened (London and New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1879), by John Aikin and Barbauld (Anna Letitia), ed. by Cecil Hartley (page images at Florida)
Who were the first weavers?.. (London et al.: T. Nelson and sons, n.d.) (page images at Florida)
Jumbo's picture book of natural history (London, New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1883), illust. by Friedrich Specht and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Jumbo menagerie, or, Stories and pictures of natural history (New York: R. Worthington, c1882), illust. by Harrison Weir and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
The ABC of nature (New York: McLoughlin Bros., c1884) (page images at Florida)
New physical geography for grammar and high schools, and colleges (New York, Chicago: A.S. Barnes & Company, c1885), by James Monteith (page images at Florida)
Little Neddie's menagerie (London: Griffith & Farran, c1884), by R. Lee, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Things in the forest (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1877), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (page images at Florida)
The parents' cabinet of amusement and instruction (London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1872), by Elder Smith, illust. by W. J. Linton (page images at Florida)
Waifs and strays of natural history (London: Bell and Daldy, n.d.), by Alfred Gatty (page images at Florida)
Cecil's book of birds (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, n.d.), by Selim H Peabody, illust. by William D. Baker (page images at Florida)
Pictures and stories of natural history (London and New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1871) (page images at Florida)
The Peep-show (London: Strahan & Co., 1877) (page images at Florida)
My primer (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1877), ed. by T. S. Arthur, illust. by James W Louderbach and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Aunt Louisa's zoological gardens (London: Frederick Warne and Co., [1876?]), by L Valentine, illust. by Joseph Martin Kronheim (page images at Florida)
Birds and their nests (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1878), by Mary Botham Howitt, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Bible pictures for our pets (London: Religious Tract Society, 1877), illust. by Henry Courtney Selous, Charles Joseph Staniland, John Dawson Watson, Gustave Doré, Downard, Webb, G Pearson, Charles William Sheeres, Harrison Weir, and Butterworth and Heath (page images at Florida)
Pictures & stories from natural history (New York: McLoughlin Bro's, n.d.) (page images at Florida)
Cecil's book of beasts (Philadelphia: Claxton, Remsen & Haffelfinger, n.d.), by Selim H Peabody, illust. by William D. Baker (page images at Florida)
Nonsense botany, and nonsense alphabets, etc. etc. (London, New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1889), by Edward Lear (page images at Florida)
First lessons in geography (New York, Chicago, New Orleans: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1875), by James Monteith, illust. by Russell & Struthers (page images at Florida)
The pictorial cabinet of marvels (London and New York: Frederick Warne & Co., 1891), illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
The storyland of stars (Boston et al.: Educational Publishing Company, 1892), by Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick (page images at Florida)
Wonderland of wisdom, or, The boys library (Philadelphia and Chicago: S.I. Bell & Co., 1891), ed. by Wynn Field (page images at Florida)
The zoo (London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d.), by Theodore Wood and J. G. Wood, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
The Book of moo-cows (London: Griffith Farran & Co., c1895), by M. Cook (page images at Florida)
Miss Mary's valentine and other stories (Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co., c1895), by Jay Hambidge and Hiram P Barnes (page images at Florida)
The story of the South Seas (London: London Missionary Society :, 1894), by George Cousins (page images at Florida)
The Land of idols, or, Talks with young people about India (London: London Missionary Society, 1895), by John J. Pool (page images at Florida)
Popular natural history for boys and girls (London: Religious Tract Society, 1894), by W. J. Gordon (page images at Florida)
The story of the life of Jesus (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1894), illust. by Sodefroy Durand and Jouard (page images at Florida)
Vacation fun for boys and girls (Philadelphia: W.W. Houston & Company, 1894) (page images at Florida)
The great West (Boston: Educational Publishing Company, 1893), by Mara L. Pratt-Chadwick (page images at Florida)
The Natural history of the Sacred Scriptures (London, New York: London Printing and Publishing Company, c1892), by W. I Bicknell (page images at Florida)
Little wanderers (Boston, New York, Chicago: Ginn and Company, c1899), by Margaret Warner Morley and Mass.) Athenaeum Press (Boston (page images at Florida)
The Merry wheelers (Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, c1899) (page images at Florida)
Little folks at play (Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, c1899) (page images at Florida)
Little men and women (Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., 1899), by Alpha Publishing Company, ed. by Charles Stuart Pratt and Ella Farman Pratt (page images at Florida)
Wood's Natural history for children (Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1898), by J. G. Wood, ed. by Douglas Dawson (page images at Florida)
The world's foundations, or, Geology for beginners (London: Seeley and Co., 1896), by Agnes Giberne (page images at Florida)
Our animal friends in picture and story (New York: Grand Union Tea Company, c1896), by Estes & Lauriat (Copyright holder), illust. by Harrison Weir, Stanley Berkeley, W. A Cranston, and Frank Reller (page images at Florida)
Popular history of animals for young people (London, Paris, Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1896), by Henry Scherren and Cassell & Company (page images at Florida)
Sea-side and way-side (Boston: D.C. Heath & Co., 1897), by Julia McNair Wright and J.S. Cushing & Co (Typographer), illust. by C. S King (page images at Florida)
All sorts of adventures (London, Paris, New York, Melbourne: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1897), by Cassell & Company (page images at Florida)
Kindness to animals (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., c1876), by Charlotte Elizabeth (page images at Florida)
Nature's wonders (London, Edinburgh, New York: T. Nelson & Sons, 1875) (page images at Florida)
Charm of entertaining knowledge (London (Farrington Street) and New York: George Routledge & Co., 1855), by Thomas Harrild and G. Routledge & Co (page images at Florida)
The world's explorers, or, Travels and adventures (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1868), by H. W. Dulcken, Jas Wade, William Dickes, Lock Ward, and Bone & Son (page images at Florida)
Popular natural history and characteristics of animals (London: James Blackwood and Co., 1869), by Thomas Brown, James Blackwood & Co, and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Domestic animals, familiar birds, &c. (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1869), by H. W. Dulcken, Lock Ward, and J. Ogden and Co (page images at Florida)
Tales about America and Australia (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1868), by Samuel G. Goodrich, T. Wilson, Petter & Galpin Cassell, Petter and Galpin, and Belle Sauvage Works (page images at Florida)
Domestic animals, familiar birds, &c. (London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, 1869), by H. W. Dulcken (page images at Florida)
Tales about Asia and Africa (London: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1850), by Samuel G. Goodrich, T. Wilson, William Hughes, Petter & Galpin Cassell, and Belle Sauvage Works (page images at Florida)
Pebbles from the sea-shore, or, Lizzie's first gleanings (Philadelphia: G. S. Appleton, 1851), by George Swett Appleton, William Croome, and D. Appleton and Company (page images at Florida)
The world's birthday (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1867), by Louis Gaussen, J H., and Thomas Nelson & Sons (page images at Florida)
The youth's galaxy (New York: E.H. Fletcher, 1854), by Obadiah Oldfellow, Lowell Mason, and Edward H Fletcher (page images at Florida)
Evenings at home, or, The juvenile budget opened (London: George Routledge & Co., 1852), by John Aikin, Barbauld (Anna Letitia), and Cecil Hartley, illust. by George S Measom (page images at Florida)
The parents' cabinet of amusement and instruction (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1859), by John Leighton and Elder Smith (page images at Florida)
The gift of life (London: Groombridge and Sons, 1872), by Sara Wood, illust. by Elijah Whymper (page images at Florida)
The wonderful letter-bag of Kit Curious (Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1852), by Francis C. Woodworth, illust. by William Howland and Bobbett & Edmonds (page images at Florida)
A book for the sea-side (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1852) (page images at Florida)
Glaucus, or, The wonders of the shore (London: Macmillan and Co., n.d.), by Charles Kingsley, illust. by William Dickes (page images at Florida)
Evenings at home, or, The juvenile budget opened (New York: C.S. Francis, 1852), by John Aikin and Barbauld (Anna Letitia), ed. by Cecil Hartley, illust. by George S Measom and John William Orr (page images at Florida)
Wild sports of the world (London: S.O. Beeton, 1862), by James Greenwood, illust. by Harden Sidney Melville, William Harvey, Johann Baptist Zwecker, Harrison Weir, William Dickes, H. Newsom Woods, and W. G Miller (page images at Florida)
Darton's picture story book (London: Darton & Co., n.d.), illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
A book about animals (London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d.) (page images at Florida)
The little year book (London: The Religious Tract Society, 1867), by Old Humphrey (page images at Florida)
A plea for the dumb creation (Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, n.d.), ed. by Hannah White Richardson (page images at Florida)
A plea for the dumb creation (Philadelphia: The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, n.d.), ed. by Hannah White Richardson (page images at Florida)
Familiar natural history, with descriptions (London: Grant and Griffith, 1853), by R. Lee, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Pictures and stories of natural history (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, n.d.) (page images at Florida)
My primer (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1877), ed. by T. S. Arthur, illust. by James W Louderbach and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Beeton's hero soldiers, sailors and travelers in Kafirland ([London]: Published for the Bonus Tea Association, 1872), by J. T. Trowbridge and Bonus Tea Association, ed. by Samuel Orchart Beeton (page images at Florida)
A book of favourite animals (London and Edinburgh: William P. Nimmo, n.d.), by Adelaide Austen, illust. by James Mackenzie Corner (page images at Florida)
Wonders of nature (London et al.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1857) (page images at Florida)
The world at home, or, Pictures and scenes from far-off lands (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, n.d.), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby, illust. by J Hyde, Adolphe François Pannemaker, and Henri Théophile Hildibrand (page images at Florida)
Aunt Louisa's welcome guest (London: Frederick Warne and Co., 1886), by L Valentine (page images at Florida)
Warwick Brookes' pencil-pictures of child life (Boston: D. Lothrop Company, n.d.), by T Letherbrow, illust. by Warwick Brookes (page images at Florida)
Sketches of British insects (London: Groombridge and Sons, 1888), by W. Houghton (page images at Florida)
The ABC of nature (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1884) (page images at Florida)
Beasts and birds of Africa (New York: American Tract Society, n.d.) (page images at Florida)
Friends in feathers and fur, and other neighbors (New York: American Book Company, 1884), by James Johonnot (page images at Florida)
Some of my feathered and four-footed friends (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), by Sale Barker, illust. by Johann Baptist Zwecker and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
The Eclectic elementary geography (New York et al.: American Book Company, 1883) (page images at Florida)
Children at home (New York: R. Worthington, 1882) (page images at Florida)
Bear stories (Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1884), by Ernest Ingersoll, illust. by Frank T Merrill (page images at Florida)
Birds of gay plumage (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1885), by Mary Kirby and Elizabeth Kirby (page images at Florida)
Shadows on the screen, or, An evening with the children (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1883), by George Cupples (page images at Florida)
Pictures and stories of natural history (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1883), illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Solomon's little people (London: Sunday School Union, 1882), by James Crowther (page images at Florida)
The child's natural history (New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1886), by A. L Bond, illust. by A. L Bond (page images at Florida)
Pictures and stories of natural history (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1885), illust. by Alfred Thomas Elwes (page images at Florida)
The picture scrap book, or, Happy hours at home (London: Religious Tract Society, 1883), illust. by George S Measom (page images at Florida)
Sunshine at home (Battle Creek Mich: Review & Herald Publishing House, 1883) (page images at Florida)
How we went birds'-nesting (Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, n.d.), by Amanda B Harris, illust. by George Foster Barnes (page images at Florida)
Sea-side walks of a naturalist with his children (London: Groombridge and Sons, 1878), by W. Houghton, illust. by A. F Lydon (page images at Florida)
The children's illustrated annual (London: Seeley & Co., 1889), by A. J Church, E. Vincent Briton, Frank Cowper, Minnie Mckean, and Edith E. Cuthell, illust. by Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Lawrence, John Romney, E Hull, H. G Glindoni, Charles O Murray, and Émile Antoine Bayard (page images at Florida)
Stories and pictures of birds, beasts, fishes, and other creatures (London (9 Paternoster Row): S.W. Partridge & Co., 1886), by James Weston, illust. by J Giacomelli, W. Rainey, Harrison Weir, and Robert Kretschmer (page images at Florida)
Hymns in prose for children (London: John Murray, 1880), illust. by R Barnes, T Kennedy, Edmund Morrison Wimperis, and W. S Coleman (page images at Florida)
Walks with mamma o'er hills and dales (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1870), illust. by Myles Birket Foster and Edmund Evans (page images at Florida)
The branch-builders and miscellanea (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., n.d.), by J. G. Wood, illust. by G Pearson (page images at Florida)
Harrison Weir's pictures of wild birds & animals (London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.), by Harrison Weir, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Animals and their young, by Harland Coultas, illust. by Harrison Weir, Francis Nicholson, and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Hymns in prose for children (London et al.: George Routledge and Sons, 1889), illust. by James Davis Cooper, Robert Barnes, T Kennedy, Edmund Morrison Wimperis, and W. S Coleman (page images at Florida)
Heads without hands, or, Stories of animal wisdom (1889) (page images at Florida)
Aunt Louisa's nursery book (London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1885), by L Valentine (page images at Florida)
The story of a tinder-box (London and Brighton: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1889), by Charles Meymott Tidy (page images at Florida)
Animal life all the world over (London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), by H. W. Dulcken (page images at Florida)
The picture book of wild animals (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d.) (page images at Florida)
Tales about animals (London: William Tegg, n.d.), by Samuel G. Goodrich (page images at Florida)
California and its wonders (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1892), by John Todd, illust. by Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Dieudonné Auguste Lancelot (page images at Florida)
The boy's own book of natural history (London et al.: George Routledge & Sons, 1871), by J. G. Wood, illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
Great Arctic travellers (New York et al.: George Routledge and Sons, 1891), by Hugh Craig (page images at Florida)
Firelight stories (Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1891) (page images at Florida)
Boys' book of adventures (Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., c1891, 1891), by Donohue & Henneberry, ed. by E. T. Roe (page images at Florida)
The illustrated natural history for young people (New York: George Routledge and Sons, n.d.), by J. G. Wood, illust. by Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
By sea-shore, wood and moorland (London: S.W. Partridge & Co., 1891), by Edward Step, illust. by Harrison Weir, W Rainey, Robert Kretschmer, Hector Giacomelli, and Theobald Carreras (page images at Florida)
Baby world (New York: Century Co., 1891), ed. by Mary Mapes Dodge (page images at Florida)
Aunt Lizzie's talks about remarkable fishes (London: T. Woolmer, n.d.), by S. E Scholes (page images at Florida)
All the year round (Boston et al.: Ginn and Company, 1896), by Frances L Strong and Ginn and Company, illust. by Gertrude A Stoker (page images at Florida)
The favourite book of beasts, birds, and fishes (London et al.: T. Nelson and Sons, 1895) (page images at Florida)
Curious and instructive stories about wild animals and birds (Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, 1895), illust. by Joseph Wolf (page images at Florida)
A bunch of wild flowers for the children (New York: Anson D.F. Randolph & Co., n.d.), by Ida Prentice Whitcomb (page images at Florida)
A Christmas box of pretty stories (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1895) (page images at Florida)
How plants live and work (London: Charles Griffin & Company, 1896), by Eleanor Hughes-Gibb (page images at Florida)
Four-handed folk (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1896), by Olive Thorne Miller, Mass.) Riverside Press (Cambridge, and H.O. Houghton & Company (page images at Florida)
Edges and wedges (London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.), by Archibald N Mackray, illust. by R. & E. Taylor (Firm) (page images at Florida)
Chit chat for boys and girls (Boston: D. Lothrop Company, 1893) (page images at Florida)
The Amazon and its wonders (London et al.: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1894), by W. H. Davenport Adams (page images at Florida)
Chatterbox circus (Boston: Dana Estes and Company, 1893), ed. by Laurence H Francis, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Animal stories (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, n.d.), illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Girls' book of treasures (Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1893), by Emily Huntington Miller, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Malcolm Douglas, Mary E. Burt, Clara G Burtchaell, O. Howard, and Donohue & Henneberry (page images at Florida)
A day with the sea urchins (London and New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1893), by Helen Marion Burnside and Myles Birket Foster, illust. by Alfred W. Cooper (page images at Florida)
Museum of birds, or, Easy stories of the feathered kingdom (Chicago: Monarch Book Co., 1895), ed. by Lida Brooks Miller, illust. by Edith Scannell (page images at Florida)
Anecdotes of the habits and instinct of animals (1853), by R. Lee, illust. by J Fagan, William B Gihon, and Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Illustrated natural history (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1897), by J. G. Wood (page images at Florida)
Girls' book of treasures (Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., 1896), by Emily Huntington Miller, Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Malcolm Douglas, Mary E. Burt, Clara G Burtchaell, O. Howard, and Donohue & Henneberry (page images at Florida)
Chatterbox wild West (Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, n.d.), ed. by Laurence H Francis, illust. by Harrison Weir (page images at Florida)
Gleanings in natural history (London: T. Woolmer, n.d.), by Edward Jesse, illust. by William J. Webb (page images at Florida)
Illustrated natural history (New York: Gilbert H. McKibbin, n.d.), by J. G. Wood (page images at Florida)
A christmas hamper (London et al.: T. Nelson & Sons, 1899) (page images at Florida)
Graphic stories of other lands (London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Co. Ltd., 1898), ed. by M. T Yates (page images at Florida)
The story of Magellan (New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1899), by Hezekiah Butterworth, illust. by Frank T Merrill (page images at Florida)
The plant baby and its friends (New York et al.: Silver, Burdett and Company, 1898), by Kate Louise Brown, Silver Burdett Company, C.J. Peters & Son (Typographer ), and H.M. Plimpton & Co (page images at Florida)
Playmate sketches profusely illustrated (Chicago: Donohue Henneberry & Co., 1898), by Henneberry & Co Donohue (page images at Florida)
Friends of the fields (Boston et al.: Educational Publishing Company, 1898), ed. by Annie Chase (page images at Florida)
The boy's own book of natural history (London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d.), by J. G. Wood (page images at Florida)
Illustrated natural history for young people (Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., n.d.), by J. G. Wood (page images at Florida)
Birds through an opera-glass (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, n.d.), by Florence Merriam Bailey, Mass.) Riverside Press (Cambridge, and H.O. Houghton & Company (page images at Florida)
The horse and his ways (London et al.: Blackie & Son, 1898) (page images at Florida)
The story of Marco Polo (London: John Murray, 1898), by Marco Polo and Noah Brooks (page images at Florida)
Wild animals I have known (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, n.d.), by Ernest Thompson Seton (page images at Florida)
Orbis sensualium pictus. English & Latin (London : Printed for J. Kirton ..., 1659), by Johann Amos Comenius and Charles Hoole (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Fabulous histories, designed for the amusement & instruction of young persons. / By Mrs. Trimmer. (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by William Gibbons., 1794), by Mrs. Trimmer and Queen Charlotte (HTML at Evans TCP)
Mental improvement: or, The beauties and wonders of nature and art. In a series of instructive conversations. / By Priscilla Wakefield, author of Leisure hours. (New-Bedford [Mass.]: : Printed by Abraham Shearman, Jun. for Caleb Greene & Son., 1799), by Priscilla Wakefield (HTML at Evans TCP)

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