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NATURAL HISTORY LORE AND LEGEND
NATURAL HISTORY LORE AND LEGEND
BEING SOME FEW EXAMPLES OF QUAINT AND BY-GONE BELIEFS GATHERED IN FROM DIVERS AUTHORITIES, ANCIENT AND MEDIÆVAL, OF VARYING DEGREES OF RELIABILITY
BY F. EDWARD HULME, F.L.S., F.S.A. AUTHOR OF “WAYSIDE SKETCHES,” “SUGGESTIONS IN FLORAL DESIGN,” “FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS,” AND DIVERS OTHER BOOKS THAT NEED NOT HERE BE SET FORTH
“As some delighte moste to beholde Eche newe devyse and guyse, So some in workes of fathers olde Their studies exercise.” “Historicall Expostulation” of John Halle, Chyrurgeon, A.D 1565
BERNARD QUARITCH 15 PICCADILLY, LONDON 1895
LONDON: G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, FLORAL STREET, COVENT GARDEN.