William Black, British novelist and Shells by Joannes Busschaert Plate 4 from The Natural

Plate 4 from The Natural History of the Human Teeth

and lizards wrapped round fire dogs

Study of an eruption of Vesuvius

shows the Duke of Wellington running in alarm

Each pagoda contains treasured stone tablets on which are carved portions of the Burmese Holy Book

William Black, British novelist and Shells by Joannes Busschaert Plate 4 from The NaturalWilliam Black, British novelist, 1877. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (London, 1876 1883).