The wonders of the little world, or, A general history of man, in six books

displaying the various faculties, capacities, powers and defects of the human body and mind, in several thousand most interesting relations of persons remarkable for bodily perfections or defects ... or for extraordinary virtues or vices of the mind ... or for the uncommon powers or weakness of the senses and affections : together with accounts of the invention of arts, the advancement of science, surprising escapes from death and dangers, strange discovereis of long-concealed murders, and a vast variety of other matters equally curious ... : the whole collected from the writings of the most approved historians, philosophers and physicians, of all ages and countries : forming a complete system of the mental and corporeal powers and defects of human nature, and intended to increase knowledge, to promote virtue, to discourage vice, and to furnish topics for innocent and ingenious conversation

by Nathaniel Wanley