The Boys’ and Girls’ Pliny
VIEW OF NAPLES AND MT. VESUVIUS.
THE
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’
PLINY
BEING PARTS OF PLINY’S “NATURAL HISTORY”
EDITED FOR BOYS AND GIRLS, WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
JOHN S. WHITE, LL.D.
HEAD-MASTER BERKELEY SCHOOL
EDITOR OF “THE BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ PLUTARCH” AND “THE BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ HERODOTUS”
WITH FIFTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
The Knickerbocker Press
COPYRIGHT BY
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS
1885
v
 CONTENTS.
BOOK I.
DEDICATION.
CHAP. PAGE
Caius Plinius Secundus to his Friend Titus Vespasian 1
BOOK II.
AN ACCOUNT OF THE WORLD AND THE ELEMENTS.
I. The Character and Form of the World 9
II. Of God 12
III. The Dimensions of the World 15
IV. Of the Stars which appear suddenly, or of Comets 16
V. The Doctrine of Hipparchus about the Stars 17
VI. Of the Stars which are Named Castor and Pollux 18
VII. Of Thunder and Lightning 19
VIII. Nature of the Earth 20
IX. Italy 25
X. The Hyperboreans 27
XI. Britannia 29
XII. Mount Atlas 30
XIII. The Island of Taprobana 31
BOOK III.
MAN, HIS BIRTH AND HIS ORGANIZATION.
I. Man 37
II. The Wonderful Forms of Different Nations 40
III. Instances of Extraordinary Strength 49
IV. Instances of Re                        
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