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Title: Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata

Author: H. G. Wells

Release Date: June 8, 2007 [eBook #21781]

Language: English

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I try to edit my e-texts so they can easily be used with voice
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This book is volume one of two. It was later reworked by A. M.
Davies in 1898 under the title "Text-book of Zoology",
then revised and rewritten by J. T. Cunningham about 1909 and
W. H. Leigh-Sharpe around 1932. Although these editions gave
Wells the main credit, most of Wells' writing and all his
drawings were removed; only his rough outline seems to h