The Boys\' and Girls\' Pliny

In the little village of Como, in that province of Northern Italy called by the Romans “Gaul-this-side-the-Alps,” was born, twenty-three years after the coming of our Lord, Caius Plinius Secundus, known to us by the shorter name of “Pliny.” His boyhood was spent in his native province, but we fi...

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The Boys\' and Girls\' Pliny

INTRODUCTION.
Natural History of Pliny. Book I. DEDICATION.
Book II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS. CHAPTER I. THE CHARACTER AND FORM OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER II. OF GOD.
CHAPTER III. THE DIMENSIONS OF THE WORLD.
CHAPTER IV. OF THE STARS WHICH APPEAR SUDDENLY, OR OF COMETS.
CHAPTER V. THE DOCTRINE OF HIPPARCHUS ABOUT THE STARS.
CHAPTER VI. OF THE STARS WHICH ARE NAMED CASTOR AND POLLUX.
CHAPTER VII. OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING.
CHAPTER VIII. NATURE OF THE EARTH.
CHAPTER IX. ITALY.
CHAPTER X. THE HYPERBOREANS.
CHAPTER XI. BRITANNIA.
CHAPTER XII. MOUNT ATLAS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE ISLAND OF TAPROBANA.
Book III. MAN, HIS BIRTH AND HIS ORGANIZATION. CHAPTER I. MAN.
CHAPTER II. THE WONDERFUL FORMS OF DIFFERENT NATIONS.
CHAPTER III. INSTANCES OF EXTRAORDINARY STRENGTH.
CHAPTER IV. INSTANCES OF REMARKABLE AGILITY AND ACUTENESS OF SIGHT.
CHAPTER V. VIGOR OF MIND, AND COURAGE.
CHAPTER VI. MEN OF REMARKABLE GENIUS AND WISDOM.
Book IV. THE NATURE OF TERRESTRIAL ANIMALS. CHAPTER I. ELEPHANTS; THEIR CAPACITY.
CHAPTER II. THE COMBATS OF ELEPHANTS.
CHAPTER III. THE WAY IN WHICH ELEPHANTS ARE CAUGHT.
CHAPTER IV. THE AGE OF THE ELEPHANT, AND OTHER PARTICULARS.
CHAPTER V. THE LION.
CHAPTER VI. WONDERFUL FEATS PERFORMED BY LIONS.
CHAPTER VII. PANTHERS AND TIGERS.
CHAPTER VIII. THE CAMEL.
CHAPTER IX. THE RHINOCEROS AND THE CROCOTTA.
CHAPTER X. THE ANIMALS OF ?THIOPIA; WILD BEASTS WHICH KILL WITH THEIR EYES.
CHAPTER XI. WOLVES; SERPENTS.
CHAPTER XII. THE CROCODILE AND THE HIPPOPOTAMUS.
CHAPTER XIII. PROGNOSTICS OF DANGER DERIVED FROM ANIMALS.
CHAPTER XIV. THE HY?NA.
CHAPTER XV. DEER.
CHAPTER XVI. THE CHAMELEON.
CHAPTER XVII. BEARS AND THEIR CUBS.
CHAPTER XVIII. HEDGEHOGS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE WILD BOAR.
CHAPTER XX. APES.
Book V. DOMESTIC ANIMALS. CHAPTER I. THE DOG; EXAMPLES OF ITS ATTACHMENT TO ITS MASTER.
CHAPTER II. THE HORSE.
CHAPTER III. THE OX.
CHAPTER IV. THE EGYPTIAN APIS.
CHAPTER V. SHEEP AND THEIR WOOL.
CHAPTER VI. DIFFERENT KINDS OF CLOTHS.
CHAPTER VII. GOATS.
Book VI. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF FISHES. CHAPTER I. WHY THE LARGEST ANIMALS ARE FOUND IN THE SEA.
CHAPTER II. THE FORMS OF THE TRITONS AND NEREIDS.
CHAPTER III. THE BAL?NA AND THE ORCA.
CHAPTER IV. DOLPHINS.
CHAPTER V. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF TURTLES.
CHAPTER VI. DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC ANIMALS INTO VARIOUS SPECIES.
CHAPTER VII. FISHES VALUED FOR THE TABLE.
CHAPTER VIII. PECULIAR FISHES.
CHAPTER IX. BLOODLESS FISHES.
CHAPTER X. VARIOUS KINDS OF SHELL-FISH.
CHAPTER XI. PEARLS.
CHAPTER XII. THE NATURE OF THE MUREX AND THE PURPLE.
CHAPTER XIII. BODIES WHICH HAVE A THIRD NATURE, THAT OF THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE COMBINED.
CHAPTER XIV. THE SHARK.
CHAPTER XV. OYSTER-BEDS, AND FISH-PRESERVES.
CHAPTER XVI. LAND FISHES.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE FISH CALLED THE ANTHIAS IS TAKEN.
CHAPTER XVII. HOW THE FISH CALLED THE ANTHIAS IS TAKEN.
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ECHENE?S AND THE TORPEDO.
CHAPTER XIX. THE INSTINCTS AND PECULIARITIES OF FISHES.
CHAPTER XX. CORAL.
CHAPTER XXI. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF OYSTERS.
Book VII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS. CHAPTER I. THE OSTRICH.
CHAPTER II. THE PH?NIX.
CHAPTER III. THE EAGLE.
CHAPTER IV. THE VULTURE AND THE HAWK.
CHAPTER V. THE CROW, THE RAVEN AND THE OWL.
CHAPTER VI. THE WOODPECKER OF MARS.
CHAPTER VII. THE PEACOCK AND THE ROOSTER.
CHAPTER VIII. THE GOOSE.
CHAPTER IX. CRANES.
CHAPTER X. STORKS AND SWANS.
CHAPTER XI. FOREIGN BIRDS WHICH VISIT US.
CHAPTER XII. SWALLOWS.
CHAPTER XIII. BIRDS WHICH TAKE THEIR DEPARTURE FROM US IN WINTER.
CHAPTER XIV. THE NIGHTINGALE.
CHAPTER XV. THE HALCYONS: THE HALCYON DAYS THAT ARE FAVORABLE TO NAVIGATION.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII. THE ACANTHYLLIS AND THE PARTRIDGE.
CHAPTER XVIII. PIGEONS.
CHAPTER XIX. DIFFERENT MODES OF FLIGHT AND PROGRESSION IN BIRDS.
CHAPTER XX. STRANGE AND FABULOUS BIRDS.
CHAPTER XXI. THE ART OF CRAMMING POULTRY.—AVIARIES.
CHAPTER XXII. PECULIARITIES OF ANIMALS.
Book VIII. THE VARIOUS KINDS OF INSECTS. CHAPTER I. THE EXTREME SMALLNESS OF INSECTS.
CHAPTER II. WHETHER INSECTS BREATHE, AND WHETHER THEY HAVE BLOOD.
CHAPTER III. BEES.
CHAPTER IV. THE MODE IN WHICH BEES WORK.
CHAPTER V. THE MODE OF GOVERNMENT OF THE BEES.
CHAPTER VI. WASPS AND HORNETS.
CHAPTER VII. THE SILK-WORM.
CHAPTER VIII. SPIDERS.

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