We cannot catechise our stony ichthyolites, as did the necromantic lady of the Arabian Nights did the coloured fishes of the lake which had once been a city, when she touched their dead bodies with her wand, and they straightaway raised their heads and rephed to her queries.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 372
Edition: 1996
Publisher: Springer
Published: 31 Aug 1996
ISBN 10: 0412483009
ISBN 13: 9780412483004