Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

by Charles Kingsley

EN·~6 hours·15 chapters

Chapters

15 total

Transcribed from the 1889 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk

0:06

PREFACE

9:23

CHAPTER I—THE GLEN

37:59

CHAPTER II—EARTHQUAKES

29:35

CHAPTER III—VOLCANOS

30:57

CHAPTER IV—THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF A GRAIN OF SOIL

26:14

CHAPTER V—THE ICE-PLOUGH

23:03

CHAPTER VI—THE TRUE FAIRY TALE

24:05

CHAPTER VII—THE CHALK-CARTS

27:22

CHAPTER VIII—MADAM HOW’S TWO GRANDSONS

27:32

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Release date

1999-04-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1697

Subjects

Geology -- Juvenile literature Natural history -- Juvenile literature QE

About the author

Charles Kingsley

1819–1875

A Victorian clergyman and novelist, he brought big ideas to life through adventure, history, and social debate. Best known for The Water-Babies and Westward Ho!, he wrote with energy, humor, and a strong sense that stories should matter.

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