Download or read book Thoughts on a Pebble, Or, A First Lesson in Geology written by Gideon Algernon Mantell and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final edition of one of Mantell's most successful works, first published 13 years before with only 18 pages and stemming from the answers he gave his young son concerning a flint pebble from a nearby stream bed.