Life At The Zoo: Notes And Traditions Of The Regent's Park Gardens: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Life At The Zoo: Notes And Traditions Of The Regent's Park Gardens, credited to Charles John Cornish, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Life At The Zoo: Notes And Traditions Of The Regent's Park Gardens by Charles John Cornish. Read in English by David Wales London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. Opening in 1828, it was originally intended to be used as a collection for the scientific study of animals. The animals of the Tower of London menagerie were transferred to the zoo's collection in 1831-32. It was opened to the public in 1847. It is managed by the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826), and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park. Charles John Cornish (1858-1906) was a well known popular English naturalist and author; he published this book in 1895. - Summary by David Wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: Life At The Zoo: Notes And Traditions Of The Regent's Park Gardens
• Author credits: Charles John Cornish
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 40
• Listed recording duration: 9:29:49

Catalogue topics

• London
• england
• zoo
• regent's park

Opening tracks: first 24 of 40

1. 00 - Preface — 2:06
2. 01 - The Zoo In A Frost — 20:54
3. 02 - The Ghosts Of The Tropical Forest — 12:27
4. 03 - The Butterfly Farm At The Zoo — 15:01
5. 04 - Patterns On Living Animals — 14:33
6. 05 - The Giraffe's Obituary — 16:20
7. 06 - The Electric Eel — 11:59
8. 07 - Deep-Sea Lamps — 12:11
9. 08 - The Lion House At The Zoo — 26:16
10. 09 - Diving Birds At The Zoo — 15:40
11. 10 - Tame Divers — 7:21
12. 11 - The Quest For The Wild Horse — 13:06
13. 12 - Aesthetics At The Zoo: The Animal Sense Of Beauty — 16:45
14. 13 - Aesthetics At The Zoo: Scents And Sounds — 9:58
15. 14 - Orpheus At The Zoo: The First Visit — 13:34
16. 15 - Orpheus At The Zoo: The Second Visit — 13:55
17. 16 - Orpheus At The Zoo: The Choice Of Instruments — 13:12
18. 17 - Talking Birds — 11:55
19. 18 - Elephant Life In England — 27:00
20. 19 - Wanted -- A New Meat — 13:41
21. 20 - An Experiment In Animal Preservation — 12:08
22. 21 - 'Jamrach's' — 24:18
23. 22 - Expression In The Animal Eye — 12:52
24. 23 - London Bears — 17:04

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