Excerpt from The Modern Naturalist: Comprising the Zoology of the English Poets To correct some zoological errors in English poetry by a comparison with the writings of modern Naturalists, is the design of the following compilation. The Poets are early read, and hence the erroneous notions imbibed from them are deeply fixed, and long retained; from the very circumstance, too, of the medium which conveys, and the authority which supports them: the utility, therefore, of the application of natural history to the present purpose is obvious. False representations of natural objects can never be necessary: the beautiful features of Nature are inexhaustible, and a faithful delineation of them is capable of being set off by the hand of Genius and Taste with all the graces of poetry. 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.