Illustrations from The Brook and Its Banks, circa 1890, by Rev. J.G. Wood.

Reverend J G Wood (1827 – 1889) was a well-known parson-naturalist of the Victorian era. He wrote a great number of books concerning natural history and was extremely popular, with his book Common Objects of the Microscope selling 100,000 copies in a week.

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This particular volume of the book was presented as a prize to a fifth grader at the Fanning School of Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1891.

Read more about the Fanning School and the Cumberland Prize.
Read more about Reverend John George Wood.