Front matter
Reading edition
HUMPHRY AND HIS “WONDERFUL LAMP.”—Page 306.
THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE; OR, YOUNG HUMPHRY DAVY (THE CORNISH APOTHECARY’S BOY, WHO TAUGHT HIMSELF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, AND EVENTUALLY BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY).
The Life of a Wonderful Boy
WRITTEN FOR BOYS.
BY HENRY MAYHEW, AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF THE PEASANT-BOY PHILOSOPHER,” ETC.
“Majestic steep! ah, yet I love, With many a lingering step to rove, Thy ivied rocks among; Thy ivied, wave-beat rocks recall The former pleasures of my soul, When life was gay and young. Enthusiasm—Nature’s child— Here sung to me her wood-songs wild, All warm with native fire; I felt her soul-awakening flame, It bade my bosom burn for fame, It bade me strike the lyre.” Davy’s Ode to St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall. Written at the age of 18.
NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, PEARL STREET, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1878.