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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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