Henty steps away from boys’ adventure to take up the cause of creatures humanity has misjudged. In short, mock-serious essays on the elephant, crocodile, camel, donkey, dragon, tortoise, shark and many more, he argues that we praise the bee for its honey while ignoring the cleverer wasp, and turns the usual verdicts upside down with Harrison Weir’s illustrations alongside.
A playful, little-known side of a famous Victorian storyteller, ideal for dipping into. Download the free EPUB.