“A Nursery Book of Science” by The Cockiolly Bird. Pictures by Percy J. Billinghurst. Published by T. C. & E. C. Jack of London, [1885-1913]. After extensive strictly amateur research online, I am not at all sure this was written by the Cockiolly Bird. A reissue of this with the same text and pictures has been attributed to James Richard ‘Ainsworth’ Davis by Frederick Stokes on the title page. Graham ‘Clifton’ Bingham, who is widely assumed to be the Cockiolly Bird, worked mostly in…
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