Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication (2 Vols-Set)

The object of this work is to describe as many races of animals and plants which have been domesticated by man. The sole aim of the author is to give under the head of each species only such facts as he has been able to collect, showing the amount and nature of the changes which animals and plants have undergone in man’s dominion. The subjects discussed in the work are so connected that it is not a little difficult to decide how they can best be arranged. In the First Volume, a large body of facts of the various animals and plants are given. The Second Volume has incorporated general discussions on them. (jacket)