Wendy house Wendy house A Wendy house is a United Kingdom term for a small playhouse for children, large enough for one or more children to enter. Size and solidity can vary from a plastic kit to something resembling a real house in a child's size. Usually there is one room, a doorway with a window on either side, and little or no furniture other than that which the children improvise. The original was built for Wendy Darling in J. M. Barrie's play, "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". Wendy was shot by the Lost Boy Tootles after arriving
The Conchologist's First Book the text by his editing and, more importantly, by translating Cuvier's passages into English. John H. Lienhard contends that in simplifying a rather esoteric subject, Poe made significant contributions in popularizing science in the United States. The Conchologist's First Book The Conchologist's First Book (sometimes subtitled with "Or, A System of Testaceous Malacology") is an illustrated textbook on conchology issued in 1839, 1840, and 1845. The book was originally printed under Edgar Allan Poe's name. The text was based on "Manual of Conchology" by Thomas Wyatt, an English author and lecturer. Wyatt's original book, "Manual of Conchology", had been published