Humble Creatures. The Earthworm and The Common Housefly. In Eight Letters.. This item is unavailable.Humble Creatures. The Earthworm and The Common Housefly. In Eight Letters.

FIRST EDITION. 8vo (19 x 12.5 cm). pp. viii+78+[1 ads]. Original publisher's dark green blindstamped cloth with title to upper cover and spine gilt. Engraved full-page frontispiece with 7 additional full-page engraved plates Ex libris Edward Nicholas Hurt with his armorial bookplate to the front paste down. A very good copy. James Samuelson (1829-1919) was a Liverpool industrialist, magazine founder and editor, barrister of the Middle Temple and prolific British non-fiction author known for his works on the history of the Balkans and on social and philosophical topics. His early career was as a science teacher and writer on microscopy about which he published several books, including this one.