^ ; 



THE ROMANCE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



BY 



PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S. 



AUTHOR OF " AQtJARItrjI," ''HISTORY OF THE JEWS," " K,r7ERS OF THE BIBLB,'* 



"natural HISTORY OF BIRDS, MAMMALS, REPTILES," '-THE OCEAN," 



"■ POPULAR BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY," ETC. ETC. 



itij 6lcgant Illustrations. 



BOSTON: 



GOULD AND LINCOLN, 



59 WASHINGTON STKEET. 



NEW YORK: SHELDON AND COMPANY. 

 CINCINNATI : GEORGE S. BLANCHARD. 



1861. 



