The Plant; A Biography: Series of Popular Lectures (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Schleiden, M. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133044289X ISBN 13: 9781330442890

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Plant; A Biography: Series of Popular Lectures Professor Schleiden, the Author of these Lectures, is one of the most distinguished Botanists of the present day, and he has added to the obligations which his brother Botanists are under to him, by presenting their favourite Science in such an attractive form to the general Public. At the commencement of my pleasant task of preparing them for the English reader, I thought of adding a few notes, especially to those passages relating to certain views which are not universally received; but further consideration induced me to confine myself to a simple translation, since, while foot-notes would have disturbed the integrity of the plan of the Work, had they been placed in an Appendix, probably they would not have been much read. There is an especial difficulty in rendering works like the present into a different language, since style must be attended to as well as faithfulness to the literal meaning. The accumulation of adjectives in descriptive portions is often very embarrassing; should some of these be found rather un-English, I must beg for the indulgence of the reader, on the plea of an earnest endeavour not to lose any of the peculiar character of the Original. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 133044289X
• ISBN 13: 9781330442890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424