Catch The Strangest Things In The World Edited By Thomas R. Henry Visible In Textbook

have the hardback of this, In many ways this book is fascinating and is an interesting read, On the other hand, there are some details about it that aren't quite completely true and I have a feeling some items are exaggerated.
Still, I found it useful to suggest ideas for fiction stories, A lot of fascinating tidbits that suggest neat little twists for stories, Writers will probably appreciate it quite a bit, Before there were TV series and even entire channels devoted to the natural wonders of the world, we had books to marvel at.
While the copy at Project Gutenberg does not contain images, these are the type of books adolescents in the middle of the previous century will have appreciated when learning more about

our little blue planet.

A bewildering array of anecdotes, informative and mostly written without sensationalism, Inevitably some outdated information, but which was deemed accurate at the time, For example, one section uses the caption Suicide March of the Lemmings, perpetuating the myth of selfannihilation, although the word suicide is not used in the text.
Also the numbers of animals of a particular species are measured using the counting methods of the time with its inherent error margins.

Also, "at least a half dozen species of plants are manmade" is likely incorrect in thest century, but considered special when the book was published, ie.
A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations Of Nature, .