Celia Bland

A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.

A biography of the nineteenth century author famous for the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" which denounced slavery and intensified the disagreement between the North and South.

Provides basic information about the physical characterstics, habits and habitats of various species of bats, snakes, spiders and lizards, including vampire bats and poisonous snakes and spiders. Accompanied by numerous color photos.