L'Intelligence Des Animaux - 1868
Ernest Menault published [and wrote] "L'Intelligence Des Animaux" in 18681. The book discusses animal intelligence and is part of the "Bibliotheque des Merveilles" series1. The book is considered a historical work on the topic of animal cognition5.Ernest Menault (1830, Angerville -1903) was a French author and zoologist. Menault wrote, principally Les Insectes nuisibles à l' Agriculture et à la Viticulture, L’intelligence des animaux (The Intelligence of Animals) and L’amour maternel chez les animaux. A review in the Nature journal for his book The Intelligence of Animals, noted that "we have not been led to form a very high opinion of his physiology or of his general philosophy; but he has compiled a most entertaining volume, crammed with most amusing stories about all kinds of animals, from ants to ourang-outangs."[1]La Bibliothèque des Merveilles (see title page) is a collection of educational books launched in 1864 by Louis Hachette1. It replaced a previous series created the year before1. The collection consists of 42 volumes2 and includes books on various topics such as history, science, and literature3. The books are available for purchase in both new and used condition45. "L'Intelligence Des Animaux" by Ernest Menault is part of this collection1.Louis-Christophe-François Hachette was a French publisher who established a Paris publishing house designed to produce books and other material to improve the system of school instruction1. He was born on May 5, 1800, in Rethel, France, and died on July 31, 1864, in Paris2. After studying law in Paris, Hachette bought a small bookshop there in 1826 and began to publish textbooks for the new primary schools following the revolution of 183021. His firm rapidly became a leading French publishing house, and publications included manuals in almost every branch of knowledge2. The Hachette Livre Group is currently a global publishing house3.Source: perplexity.ai and wikipedia
