Glimpses of the wonderful

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Harvey and Darton 1845
• Subjects: Natural history > Juvenile literature; Curiosities and wonders > Juvenile literature; Gift books; Greenland; narwhal*; Newfoundland studies; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/193098

Christmas Annual Glimpses of the Wonderful Ship-building -- The steam-ship -- Eddystone lighthouse -- Comparative size of public buildings -- The churches of St. Peter and St. Paul -- The cave of Elephanta -- Alnwick Castle -- Ancient punishments -- The Chinese -- Tiger hunting -- The sperm-whale fishery -- The narwhal -- The crocodile -- Pearl-diving -- The eagle -- The bat -- The flying-fish -- The lion and the giraffe -- The boa constrictor -- Skeletons of the boa and elephant -- The rhinoceros -- The whale attacked by fishes -- The Greenland whale -- The blood and hair -- The porcupine -- The Petter Botte mountain -- Icebergs -- Astronomy -- The moon -- Conclusion At head of title: Christmas annual