Quadrupeds | "Captain" Mayne Reid (1818-1883)
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Author: "Captain" Mayne Reid (1818-1883)
Added by: NicholasHodson
Added Date: 2007-11-29
Publication Date: 1872
Language: English
Subjects: Athelstane; Mayne; Reid; Quadrupeds; PDF; TXT; HTML; ZIP
Publishers: Athelstane e-Books, London, England, United Kingdom
Collections: folkscanomy fiction, folkscanomy, additional collections
Pages Count: 186
PPI Count: 72
PDF Count: 2
Total Size: 65.95 MB
PDF Size: 40.93 MB
Extensions: djvu, gif, htm, pdf, zip, gz, torrent
Rights: We used a Plustek OpticBook 3600 scanner to scan the pages. We then made a pdf which we used to assist with checking and editing the OCRed text. To make a text version we used ABBYY Finereader 8 to produce a first draft of the text, and Athelstane software to find misreads and improve the text. We proof-read the chapters, and then made a CD with the book read aloud by either Fonix ISpeak or TextAloud MP3. The last step enables us to hear and correct most of the errors that may have been missed by the other steps, as well as entertaining us during the work of transcription. The resulting text can be read either here at the Internet Archive or at www.athelstane.co.uk. This process represents a large investment of time and skill. You may freely download a copy for your own use. We do not in the least mind if anybody wishes to offer any of our work on another website, but would point out that they should state that the copyright is Athelstane's, rather than claiming it as their own. They should also state that, as we are constantly working to improve our texts, their readers should refer back to our version if they need to verify a text. Commercial use strictly forbidden.
Year: 1872
Contributor: Nick Hodson
License: Unknown License
Downloads: 2K
Views: 52
Total Files: 27
Media Type: texts
Description
This is a fairly short book, but it certainly hits the spot, for its aim is to inform young people about the four-legged animals of our planet, and this it does very competently.
Of course there is no reason why young ladies should not read this book: I am sure they would enjoy this just as much Reid's target readership, which was boys.
There are 24 chapters, each dealing with a kind of animal. Sometimes an animal genus is given two chapters, for instance domestic dogs, and wild dogs. One grouse: the phrase "well-known" occurs over forty times. Would the "well-known" fact be well-known to the book's intended readership? Probably not.
There are a score of very nice illustrations, most showing numerous animals of that chapter's genus.
