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glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及44何蛍

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Snowdonia�察�or         some mountain part of Wales�察�and more than one among 

the hills of     the Border and the lakes of the Highlands�拭               �Each would find 

��I   suspect���察�on comparing his insects with those of the others�察�that                       he 

was     exploring     a  little  peculiar   world     of  his  own�察   �and    that  with    the 

exception   of   a   certain   number   of   typical   forms�察  �the   flies   of   his   county 

were unknown a hundred miles away�察�or�察�at least�察                    �appeared there under 

great   differences   of   size   and   colour�察  �and      each�察  �if   he   would   take   the 

trouble   to   collect   the   caddises   and    water´crickets�察  �and   breed   them   into 

the     perfect    fly    in   an    aquarium�察       �would       see    marvels      in   their 

transformations�察�their instincts�察�their           anatomy�察�quite as great ��though not�察�

perhaps�察�as showy and           startling�� as I have been trying to point out on the 

sea´shore。        Moreover�察  �each   and   every  one   of   the   party�察  �I   will   warrant�察�

will    find his fellow´correspondents ��perhaps previously unknown to him�� 

men   worth   knowing�察  �not�察  �it   may   be�察  �of   the   meditative   and   half´   saintly 

type   of   dear   old   Izaak   Walton   ��who�察  �after   all�察  �was   no   fly´   fisher�察  �but   a 

sedentary   ;popjoy;   guilty   of   float   and   worm���察  �but        rather�察  �like   his   fly´ 

fishing disciple Cotton�察�good fellows and men                  of the world�察�and�察�perhaps�察�

something better over and above。 

     The     suggestion     has   been    made。     Will    it  ever   be  taken    up�察  �and   a 

;Naiad Club; formed�察�for the combination of sport and science�拭�

     And�察  �now�察  �how   can   this   desultory   little   treatise   end   more   usefully 

than in recommending a few books on Natural History�察�fit for the                        use of 



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young people�察�and fit to serve as introductions to such                  deeper and larger 

works      as   Yarrell's    ;Birds     and    Fishes�察─    �Bell's     ;Quadrupeds;         and 

;Crustacea�察─�Forbes and Hanley's ;Mollusca�察─                  �Owen's ;Fossil Mammals 

and Birds�察─�and a host of other admirable                works�拭     �Not that this list will 

contain all the best�察�but simply            the best of which the writer knows�察�let�察�

therefore�察�none feel        aggrieved�察�if�察�as it may chance�察�opening these pages�察�

they find      their books omitted。 

     First   and   foremost�察  �certainly�察  �come   Mr。   Gosse's   books。         There   is   a 

playful     and   genial   spirit   in  them�察  �a  brilliant   power     of  word´    painting 

combined with deep and earnest religious feeling�察�which                      makes them as 

morally   valuable   as   they   are   intellectually       interesting。      Since   White's 

;History   of   Selborne�察─  �few   or   no     writers   on   Natural   History�察  �save   Mr。 

Gosse�察�Mr。 G。 H。 Lewes�察�and              poor Mr。 E。 Forbes�察�have had the power of 

bringing   out   the   human       side   of   science�察  �and   giving   to   seemingly   dry 

disquisitions and        animals of the lowest type�察�by little touches of pathos 

and     humour�察     �that    living   and    personal     interest�察  �to  bestow     which     is 

generally the       special function of the poet�此          �not that Waterton and Jesse 

are   not    excellent   in   this   respect�察  �and   authors   who   should   be   in   every 

boy's      library�此    �but     they   are   rather    anecdotists     than    systematic     or 

scientific inquirers�察�while Mr。 Gosse�察�in his ;Naturalist on the                    Shores of 

Devon�察─      �his   ;Tour     in  Jamaica�察─     �his   ;Tenby�察─    �and    his    ;Canadian 

Naturalist�察─�has done for those three places what White                   did for Selborne�察�

with   all   the   improved   appliances   of   a   science     which   has   widened   and 

deepened       tenfold    since   White's     time。    Mr。     Gosse's      ;Manual     of   the 

Marine   Zoology   of   the   British   Isles;   is�察  �for     classification�察  �by   far   the 

completest handbook extant。              He has      contrived in it to compress more 

sound knowledge of vast classes of               the animal kingdom than I ever saw 

before in so small a space。 ��35�� 

     Miss   Anne   Pratt's   ;Things   of   the   Sea´coast;   is   excellent�察  �and        still 

better is Professor Harvey's ;Sea´side Book�察─�of which it is                   impossible to 

speak   too   highly�察  �and   most   pleasant   it   is   to   see   a man   of   genius   and 

learning thus gathering the bloom of his varied                 knowledge�察�to put it into 

a form equally suited to a child and a              SAVANT。         Seldom�察�perhaps�察�has 

there been   a little book  in   which so          vast   a quantity of   facts   have been 



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told so gracefully�察�simply�察        �without a taint of pedantry or cumbrousness ´ 

an excellence which          is the sure and only mark of a perfect mastery of the 

subject。     Mr。    G。 H。 Lewes's ;Sea´shore Studies; are also very valuable�察�

hardly     perhaps   a  book   for   beginners�察  �but   from  his   admirable   power   of 

description�察�whether of animals or of scenes�察�is interesting for                 all classes 

of readers。 

     Two little ;Popular; Histories ´ one of British Zoophytes�察�the                    other 

of   British   Sea´weeds�察  �by   Dr。   Landsborough   ��since   dead   of        cholera�察  �at 

Saltcoats�察    �the  scene    of  his   energetic    and   pious    ministry��     ´  are  very 

excellent�察�and are furnished�察�too�察�with well´ drawn and coloured plates�察�for 

the comfort of those to whom a             scientific nomenclature ��as liable as any 

other    human      thing   to  be    faulty    and   obscure��    conveys     but   a  vague 

conception   of   the   objects。       These   may   serve   well   for   the   beginner�察  �as 

introductions to       Professor Harvey's large work on British Algae�察�and to 

the new      edition of Professor Johnston's invaluable ;British Zoophytes�察─�

Miss   Gifford's   ;Marine   Botanist�察─  �third   edition�察  �and   Dr。   Cocks's       ;Sea´ 

weed      Collector's    Guide�察─    �have    also   been     recommended        by    a  high 

authority。 

     For   general   Zoology   the   best   books   for   beginners   are�察  �perhaps�察  �as   a 

general introduction�察�the Rev。 J。 A。 L。 Wood's ;Popular Zoology�察─                    �full of 

excellent     plates�察  �and   for   systematic    Zoology�察    �Mr。   Gosse's     four    little 

books�察�
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