The story of the peasant-boy philosopher, or, "A child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore" : founded on the early life of Ferguson, the shepherd-boy astronomer, and intended to show how a poor lad became acquainted with the principles of natural science / by Henry Mayhew.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Harper and Brothers, 1859Description: 500 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • Child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore
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Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Juvenile PR4989.M48 S86 1859 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000049904

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The childhood biography of the Astronomer Fergusons fictionized for the youg yeader 1850s.

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