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The Boys' and Girls' Pliny

Name: The Boys' and Girls' Pliny
Author: the Elder Pliny

122 chapters, about 102,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

CONTENTS. 600 words
INTRODUCTION. 4,600 words
CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS TO HIS FRIEND TITUS VESPASIAN. 2,400 words
CHAPTER I. THE CHARACTER AND FORM OF THE WORLD. 800 words
CHAPTER II. OF GOD. 1,100 words
CHAPTER III. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE WORLD. 100 words
CHAPTER IV. OF THE STARS WHICH APPEAR SUDDENLY, OR OF COMETS. 500 words
CHAPTER V. THE DOCTRINE OF HIPPARCHUS ABOUT THE STARS. 200 words
CHAPTER VI. OF THE STARS WHICH ARE NAMED CASTOR AND POLLUX. 200 words
CHAPTER VII. OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. 400 words
CHAPTER VIII. NATURE OF THE EARTH. 1,800 words
CHAPTER IX. ITALY. 700 words
CHAPTER X. THE HYPERBOREANS. 500 words
CHAPTER XI. BRITANNIA. 300 words
CHAPTER XII. MOUNT ATLAS. 200 words
CHAPTER XIII. THE ISLAND OF TAPROBANA. 1,600 words
CHAPTER I. MAN. 1,100 words
CHAPTER II. THE WONDERFUL FORMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. 2,400 words
CHAPTER III. INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH. 300 words
CHAPTER IV. INSTANCES OF REMARKABLE AGILITY AND ACUTENESS OF SIGHT. 400 words
CHAPTER V. VIGOR OF MIND, AND COURAGE. 1,700 words
CHAPTER VI. MEN OF REMARKABLE GENIUS AND WISDOM. 900 words
CHAPTER I. ELEPHANTS; THEIR CAPACITY. 1,800 words
CHAPTER II. THE COMBATS OF ELEPHANTS. 600 words
CHAPTER III. THE WAY IN WHICH ELEPHANTS ARE CAUGHT. 500 words
CHAPTER IV. THE AGE OF THE ELEPHANT, AND OTHER PARTICULARS. 400 words
CHAPTER V. THE LION. 1,000 words
CHAPTER VI. WONDERFUL FEATS PERFORMED BY LIONS. 1,200 words
CHAPTER VII. PANTHERS AND TIGERS. 500 words
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMEL. 300 words
CHAPTER IX. THE RHINOCEROS AND THE CROCOTTA. 500 words
CHAPTER X. THE ANIMALS OF ÆTHIOPIA; WILD BEASTS WHICH KILL WITH THEIR EYES. 300 words
CHAPTER XI. WOLVES; SERPENTS. 800 words
CHAPTER XII. THE CROCODILE AND THE HIPPOPOTAMUS. 1,000 words
CHAPTER XIII. PROGNOSTICS OF DANGER DERIVED FROM ANIMALS. 300 words
CHAPTER XIV. THE HYÆNA. 200 words
CHAPTER XV. DEER. 600 words
CHAPTER XVI. THE CHAMELEON. 300 words
CHAPTER XVII. BEARS AND THEIR CUBS. 600 words
CHAPTER XVIII. HEDGEHOGS. 300 words
CHAPTER XIX. THE WILD BOAR. 200 words
CHAPTER XX. APES. 200 words
CHAPTER I. THE DOG; EXAMPLES OF ITS ATTACHMENT TO ITS MASTER. 1,000 words
CHAPTER II. THE HORSE. 1,400 words
CHAPTER III. THE OX. 700 words
CHAPTER IV. THE EGYPTIAN APIS. 300 words
CHAPTER V. SHEEP AND THEIR WOOL. 500 words
CHAPTER VI. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLOTHS. 500 words
CHAPTER VII. GOATS. 200 words
CHAPTER I. WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA. 800 words
CHAPTER II. THE FORMS OF THE TRITONS AND NEREIDS. 400 words
CHAPTER III. THE BALÆNA AND THE ORCA. 500 words
CHAPTER IV. DOLPHINS. 1,900 words
CHAPTER V. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF TURTLES. 600 words
CHAPTER VI. DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC ANIMALS INTO VARIOUS SPECIES. 1,000 words
CHAPTER VII. FISHES VALUED FOR THE TABLE. 900 words
CHAPTER VIII. PECULIAR FISHES. 500 words
CHAPTER IX. BLOODLESS FISHES. 2,500 words
CHAPTER X. VARIOUS KINDS OF SHELL-FISH. 500 words
CHAPTER XI. PEARLS. 2,300 words
CHAPTER XII. THE NATURE OF THE MUREX AND THE PURPLE. 1,800 words
CHAPTER XIV. THE SHARK. 500 words
CHAPTER XV. OYSTER-BEDS, AND FISH-PRESERVES. 700 words
CHAPTER XVI. LAND FISHES. 400 words
CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE FISH CALLED THE ANTHIAS IS TAKEN. 500 words
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ECHENEÏS AND THE TORPEDO. 700 words
CHAPTER XIX. THE INSTINCTS AND PECULIARITIES OF FISHES. 600 words
CHAPTER XX. CORAL. 500 words
CHAPTER XXI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF OYSTERS. 500 words
CHAPTER I. THE OSTRICH. 200 words
CHAPTER II. THE PHOENIX. 200 words
CHAPTER III. THE EAGLE. 1,400 words
CHAPTER IV. THE VULTURE AND THE HAWK. 1,000 words
CHAPTER V. THE CROW, THE RAVEN AND THE OWL. 600 words
CHAPTER VI. THE WOODPECKER OF MARS. 400 words
CHAPTER VII. THE PEACOCK AND THE ROOSTER. 900 words
CHAPTER VIII. THE GOOSE. 400 words
CHAPTER IX. CRANES. 300 words
CHAPTER X. STORKS AND SWANS. 400 words
CHAPTER XI. FOREIGN BIRDS WHICH VISIT US. 600 words
CHAPTER XII. SWALLOWS. 200 words
CHAPTER XIII. BIRDS WHICH TAKE THEIR DEPARTURE FROM US IN WINTER. 900 words
CHAPTER XIV. THE NIGHTINGALE. 600 words
CHAPTER XV. THE HALCYONS: THE HALCYON DAYS THAT ARE FAVORABLE TO NAVIGATION. 700 words
CHAPTER XVII. THE ACANTHYLLIS AND THE PARTRIDGE. 700 words
CHAPTER XVIII. PIGEONS. 700 words
CHAPTER XIX. DIFFERENT MODES OF FLIGHT AND PROGRESSION IN BIRDS. 500 words
CHAPTER XX. STRANGE AND FABULOUS BIRDS. 2,200 words
CHAPTER XXI. THE ART OF CRAMMING POULTRY.--AVIARIES. 500 words
CHAPTER XXII. PECULIARITIES OF ANIMALS. 1,300 words
CHAPTER I. THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS. 600 words
CHAPTER II. WHETHER INSECTS BREATHE, AND WHETHER THEY HAVE BLOOD. 600 words
CHAPTER III. BEES. 800 words
CHAPTER IV. THE MODE IN WHICH BEES WORK. 1,400 words
CHAPTER V. THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE BEES. 600 words
CHAPTER VI. WASPS AND HORNETS. 300 words
CHAPTER VII. THE SILK-WORM. 400 words
CHAPTER VIII. SPIDERS. 700 words
CHAPTER IX. LOCUSTS. 600 words
CHAPTER X. ANTS. 400 words
CHAPTER I. GOLD. 800 words
CHAPTER II. THE ORIGIN OF GOLD RINGS. 800 words
CHAPTER III. COINS OF GOLD. 1,100 words
CHAPTER IV. SILVER. 500 words
CHAPTER V. MIRRORS. 500 words
CHAPTER VI. INSTANCES OF IMMENSE WEALTH. 600 words
CHAPTER VII. INSTANCES OF LUXURY IN SILVER PLATE. 900 words
CHAPTER VIII. BRONZE.[208] 1,000 words
CHAPTER IX. STATUES OF BRONZE. 1,900 words
CHAPTER X. THE MOST CELEBRATED COLOSSAL STATUES IN THE CITY. 2,700 words
CHAPTER XII. IRON. 500 words
CHAPTER XIII. AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLORS. 1,000 words
CHAPTER XIV. THE EARLIEST PAINTERS. 1,300 words
CHAPTER XV. ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WITH THE PENCIL. 5,200 words
CHAPTER XVI. VARIOUS OTHER KINDS OF PAINTING. 700 words
CHAPTER XVII. THE INVENTORS OF THE ART OF MODELLING. 600 words
CHAPTER XVIII. WORKS IN POTTERY. 300 words
CHAPTER XIX. SCULPTURE. 1,600 words
CHAPTER XX. OBELISKS. 800 words
CONCLUSION. ITALY. 300 words
FOOTNOTES 200 words
[210]B.C. 146. 1,000 words

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