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.
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TextPublisher: New York : Harper and Brothers, 1859Description: 500 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- Child gathering pebbles on the sea-shore
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The childhood biography of the Astronomer Fergusons fictionized for the youg yeader 1850s.
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