Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 4
by Pliny the Elder, John S. White
About this book
The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This fourth volume contains Book VII (The Natural History of Birds) and Book VIII (The Various Kinds of Insects) out of a total of 9 books. - Summary by Foon
Chapters (32)
1Bk. 7 Ch. 1 – The Ostrich
2Bk. 7 Ch. 2 – The Phoenix
3Bk. 7 Ch. 3 – The Eagle
4Bk. 7 Ch. 4 – The Vulture and the Hawk
5Bk. 7 Ch. 5 – The Crow, the Raven, and the Owl
6Bk. 7 Ch. 6 – The Woodpecker of Mars
7Bk. 7 Ch. 7 – The Peacock and the Rooster
8Bk. 7 Ch. 8 – The Goose
9Bk. 7 Ch. 9 – Cranes
10Bk. 7 Ch. 10 – Storks and Swans
11Bk. 7 Ch. 11 – Foreign Birds which Visit Us
12Bk. 7 Ch. 12 – Swallows
13Bk. 7 Ch. 13 – Birds which take their Departure from Us in Winter
14Bk. 7 Ch. 14 – The Nightingale
15Bk. 7 Ch. 15 – The Halcyons: the Halcyon Days that are Favorable to Navigation
16Bk. 7 Ch. 16 – The Instinctive Cleverness Displayed by Birds in the Construction of their Nests
17Bk. 7 Ch. 17 – The Acanthyllis and the Partridge
18Bk. 7 Ch. 18 – Pigeons
19Bk. 7 Ch. 19 – Different Modes of Flight and Progression in Birds
20Bk. 7 Ch. 20 – Strange and Fabulous Birds
21Bk. 7 Ch. 21 – The Art of Cramming Poultry; Aviaries
22Bk. 7 Ch. 22 – Peculiarities of Animals
23Bk. 8 Ch. 1 – The Extreme Smallness of Insects
24Bk. 8 Ch. 2 – Whether Insects Breathe, and Whether they have Blood
25Bk. 8 Ch. 3 – Bees
26Bk. 8 Ch. 4 – The Mode in which Bees Work
27Bk. 8 Ch. 5 – The Mode of Government of the Bees
28Bk. 8 Ch. 6 – Wasps and Hornets
29Bk. 8 Ch. 7 – The Silk-Worm
30Bk. 8 Ch. 8 – Spiders
31Bk. 8 Ch. 9 – Locusts
32Bk. 8 Ch. 10 – Ants
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