The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant
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THE VEGETABLE LAMB OF TARTARY; A Curious Fable of the Cotton Plant.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. THE FABLE AND ITS INTERPRETATION.
CHAPTER II. The History of Cotton and its Introduction into Europe.
APPENDIX.
A (p. 2). Sir John Mandeville.
B (p. 8). Odoricus of Friuli.
C (p. 11). Sigismund von Herberstein.
D (p. 14). Julius Cæsar Scaliger.
E (p. 21). Jans Janszoon Strauss, otherwise Jean de Struys.
F (p. 28). John Bell of Autermony.
G (p. 52). The Three Black Crows. By Dr. John Byrom.
H (p. 71). The Destruction of the Alexandrine Library.
INDEX.
Transcriber’s Notes
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