File:Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither (1875) (14761129036).jpg

Identifier: littlefolksinfea00mill (find matches)
Title: Little folks in feathers and fur, and others in neither
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: (Miller, Harriet (Mann) Mrs.), 1831- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Zoology
Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Dustin, Gilman & co. Cincinnati, Ohio, Queen city publishing co. (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
h Horse, 210 Who^s that knocking at the door ? 214 A few more Beetles, 216 An object of terror, 223 Scale Winged, 227 A crusty fai?iily, 230 Deaf and Dumb 238 A model Papa, 242 Page, A comical Fisherman, 245 Sea Cucumbers, 248 Oyster Farms, 252 The Baby that lives in a Box, 257 A funny family, 263 More wonders, 268 The Sea Lily, 272 Hugged to death, 278 A Walking Stomach, 281 What arc they doing*? . 284 Cradles for Baby Fishes, 288 Salmon Fishing at Kettle Falls, . . . . . . . .291 Little live Candles, 294 The Fish that builds a House, . .. . 297 Story of a foreign visitor, 300 How one family eats another family, 303 So vie droll Fishes, . . . . . . . . . . .306 A live Bag, 315 Sea Flowers, 318 Butterflies of the Sea, . . 326 The Paper Nautilus, 329 The deep dish, 332 What is it? 335 A strange creature, 338 The little creatures that live in the Cowry Shells, 339 How they all get on, 342 How they are caught, 345 How all these things were foundout, • 349 Fating all over the world, 355
Text Appearing After Image:
THE BABIES THAT LIVE IN A BALL. Isnt that a droll place to live ?—And the ball not so big as acroquet ball, and six or eight, or more, little pink mouse babiesinside! Of course theyre not so big as the baby at your house. Infact the mother herself weighs only one sixth of an ounce, and isnthalf so big as the little brown mouse you sometimes see, scuddingbehind a box in the pantry, or scampering over the floor in theattic. 8 LITTLE FOLKS She isnt brown like a common mouse either ; she is reddish onthe back, and soft silky white on the under part of the body. Herears are rather short, and on the whole she is an elegant littlecreature. How such an atom of a builder manages to weave this beauti-ful ball, of narrow grasses, hang it firmly to the wheat straws, andput her babies in,—and above all, how she contrives to get in andfeed them, when the whole ball is just stuffed with babies, as tightas sardines in a box,—is what even the wise men dont know yet, forshes very shy, and dont li

Note About Images