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Wildlife and Nature as seen through the Victorian Eyes in the 19th Century

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A Victorian View on Nature and Wildlife

A review of newspaper articles published in the Victorian era. They're not up to National Geographical or David Attenborough's standards of reporting but they give a personal insight into how Victorians viewed and reported on wildlife and events in nature, especially the touching story of the Wren who lost his mate.

These are just a few selected from the Scrapbook of Victorian Newspapers compiled by my great-great grandfather, George Burgess (1829-1905) during his working life in America and England.

More extracts from his Victorian Scrapbook can be viewed in other lenses on Squidoo, and the entire scrapbook can be freely viewed on my main website, Nathanville; links to these are given further down this article.

Happy Reading, and May the Forces of Nature be with you.

An Exodus of Frogs

Shame the video camera had not yet been invented!

An Indian Elephant

Nitrate of silver was used as a medicine in this way; incorrect dosage however could cause blindness

The Wren who lost his mate

A Rather Touching Story

Old Oak Trees

The Oldest Oak Trees in Victorian England

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A Victorian Scrapbook of Newspaper Articles on Victorian science and nature by George Burgess (1829-1905)

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