Miles believed that a good story teaches better than a definition, and here he arranges hundreds of anecdotes through the animal kingdom, beginning with the mammals. Accounts drawn from travellers, hunters and naturalists illustrate the intelligence, habits and temperament of creatures from apes and elephants to yaks, birds, fishes and snakes.
A browsable Victorian miscellany of animal lore, good for reading aloud and for curious young naturalists. Download the free EPUB.