The world's encyclopedia of wonders and curiosities of nature and art, science and literature

Representing anatomy, physiology, phrenology, astronomy, botany, geology, naturål history, ichthyology, mythology, ornithology, meteorology, mineralogy, chemistry, zoology, entomology, biography, etc., etc. And containing a full and authentic description of the most remarkable and astonishing places, beings, animals, customs, experiments, phenomena, etc., of both ancient and modern times, in all parts of the globe, comprising correct accounts of the most wonderful freaks of nature and arts of man. With an appendix containing curious experiments and amusing recreations

By I. Platt, D.D. Illustrated with one hundred and forty engravings