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SUPERSTITIONS

ABOUT ANIMALS.

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SUPERSTITIONS

ABOUT ANIMALS

BY

FRANK GIBSON.

"The course of nature is the art of God."-YOUNG.
"Nature is always wise in every part."-LORD THURLOW.
"Nothing in nature is unbeautiful."-LORD TENNYSON.
"We defy augury: there is a special Providence in the fall
of a sparrow."-SHAKESPEARE.

"And God saw everything that He had made, and behold
it was very good."-GENESIS.

London and Newcastle-on-Tyne:

THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD.

NEW YORK: 3 EAST 14TH STREET.

1904.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE.

My sole object in writing this little book has been to do something towards arousing a more general interest in a subject which has at no time obtained the attention it deserves. Yet there is no subject which so fully repays the thoughtful student as that of Natural History. In bringing together some of the most common superstitions about animals, and dealing with them in a light and popular way, I trust my object will in some measure be attained. If by the publication of this unpretentious work only a little of the prevalent superstition is swept away, and further interest is created in the wonders of the animal kingdom, I shall be more than amply rewarded.

BISHOP AUCKLAND,
July 1904.

FRANK GIBSON.

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