By the Light of the Glow-Worm Lamp

by Alberto Manguel

Book Overview

From ancient Greece to the close of the second millennium, the perceptions of the keen scientific eye have been translated over and over into graceful and meaningful texts for the common reader. By the Light of the Glow-Worm Lamp represents the best of the nature-writing genre in over three dozen works from the past three centuries.Alberto Manguel, a great reader and literary connoisseur, serves here as our guide. First outlining a "literary" history...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306459914
• ISBN13: 9780306459917
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"