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A PAIR OF BOOKS FOR CHILDREN NATURAL HISTORY - A pair of unique vintage books for children. The New Illustrated Natural History, written and compiled by the English writer and naturalist Rev. John George Wood, hardcover, published by David McKay. During the Victorian Era, this book did more to popularize natural history on both sides of the Atlantic than any other work. The second: Through the Meadows by Fred E Weatherly (Author), vignettes by J.C. Staples and Ernest Wilson M. Ellen Edwards (Illustrator), with 64 chromolithographs, hardcover, published by E. P. Dutton, NY, 1880; signed in pencil inside. Dimensions: Smaller: 9 x 7 in.Larger: 10 x 7 1/2 in.