Curiosities of human nature : By the author of Peter Parley's tales /

"It would much conduce to the magnanimity and honor of man, if a collection were made of the extraordinaries of Human Nature, principally out of the reports of history--that is, what is the last and highest pitch to which man's nature, of itself, hath ever reached, in all the perfection of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Goodrich, Samuel G. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : Thomas, Cowperthwait, 1846.
Subjects:	Biography > Juvenile literature. Characters and characteristics. Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Biography. Electronic books. Juvenile works.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Zerah Colburn.
2. Baratier.
3. Gassendi.
4. Pascal.
5. Grotius.
6. Newton.
7. Magliabecchi.
8. James Crichton.
9. Beronicius.
10.Master Clench.
11. Jedediah Buxton.
12. William Gibson.
13. Edmund Stone.
14. Richard Evelyn.
15. Quentin Matsys.
16. West.
17. Berretini.
18. Henry Kirk White.
19. Mozart.
20.Elihu Burritt.
21. George Morland.
22. William Penn.
23. John Smith.
24. Ethan Allen.
25. David Crockett.
26. Daniel Boone.
27. Charles XII. of Sweden.
28. The Cid.
29. Robin Hood.
30. Paul Jones.
31. Masaniello.
32. Rienzi.
33. Selkirk.
34. John Law.
35. Trenck.
36. John Dunn Hunter.
37. Casper Hauser.
38. Psalmanazar.
39. Valentine Greatrakes.
40. Matthew Hopkins.
41. Peter, the wild boy.
42. John Kelsey.
43. Bamfylde Moore Carew.
44. John Elwes.
45. Baron D'Aguilar.
46. Thomas Guy.
47. Old Parr.
48. O'Brien.
49. Maxamillian Christopher Miller.
50. Huyalas.
51. Thomas Topham.
52. Foster Powell.
53. Joseph Clark.
54. Edward Bright.
55. Daniel Lambert.
56. Jeffrey Hudson.
57. Joseph Boruwlaski.
58. The Siamese twins.