Catalog Record: The capacity and extent of the human understanding; exemplified in the extraordinary case of Automathes; a young nobleman, who was accidentally left, in his infancy, upon a desolate island, and continued nineteen years in that solitary state, separate from all human society. A narrative abounding with many surprising occurrences, both useful and entertaining to the reader | Hathi Trust Digital Library

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