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From More Pious Friends and Drunken Companions, Frank Shay, 1928. Woodcuts by John Held Jr.
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From The New Gymnastics for Men Women and Children, Dio Lewis, 1873
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“Night Ballon” from The American Boys Handy Book, 1961, D.C. Beard.
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“CAPRESSE TYPE, FORT-DE-FRANCE, MARTINIQUE” from “A Midsummer Trip to the West Indies” in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, July/August, 1888
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“DRIVING PIGS” from “The Great South: The New Route To The Gulf” in Scribner’s Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 3, July, 1875
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“CENTRAL AMERICAN GOATSUCKER,” from THE AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, The Century Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 2, April 1882
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The Land of Nursery Rhyme As Seen By Alice Dagish and Ernest Rhys With A Map and Pictures Drawn By Charles Folkard. 1932. Pg. 167
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“NO. II.—GRASS OF PARNASSUS, DISPLAYING AND ADVERTISING ITS IMITATION HONEY” from In Nature’s Workshop by Grant Allen. Illustrations by Frederick Enock. 1901.
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“NO. 10.—BRANCH OF GORSE, WITH SPINES DEFENDING THE BUDS AND FLOWERS” from In Nature’s Workshop by Grant Allen. Illustrations by Frederick Enock. 1901.
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From The Purple Land by W.H. Hudson. Illustrated by Keith Henderson. Second Edition, 1904.
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T. Greiner, How to Make the Garden Pay, Wm. Henry Maule: Philadelphia, 1894.
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Frontispiece from The New Natural History, Volume II. Edited by Richard Lydekker. c1901.
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Fairy Tales By Hans Christian Andersen. Illustrated By Harry Clarke. 1916.
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BROOD-POUCH OF A SEA-URCHIN in The New Natural History, Volume VII. Edited by Richard Lydekker. c1901.
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“Martin Schongauer, Versuchung des heiligen Antonius. Kupferstich” in Wilhelm Michel’s Das Teuflische und Groteske in der Kunst [The Diabolical and Grotesque in Art], 1919.
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“NO. 6.—SHOWING THE ROWS OF FIXED BAYONETS” from In Nature’s Workshop by Grant Allen. Illustrations by Frederick Enock. 1901.
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“Periplaylia” in The New Natural History, Volume VII. Edited by Richard Lydekker. c1901.
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