CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER 
I._—FourR PEOPLE AND THE HALL OF SHELLS 
IJ.—THE MERMAID’S TEA SERVICE . 
Il].—Purpuras.—MUREXES 
I1V.—MIcRoscopic SHELLS . 
V.—IANTHINA.—TRITONIA 
VI.—SEA SECRETS 
VIL—A PortTuGUESE MAN-OF-WAR.—THE MEDUSZ FAM- 
ILY 
VIII.— PEARLS.— MoTHER-OF-PEARL 
IX.—F LOWERS OF THE SEA.—STORY OF THE MERMAID’S 
EBACE . 3 P F : : 
X.—Tue ARGonNAUT.—THE NAUTILUS . : 
XI.—RocKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP . 
XII.—Gay, SAD SCHEVENINGEN . 
XIII.—AN ANCIENT FAMILY. 
XIV.—BARNACLES : 
XV.—A SEA FAN AND A SEA PARABLE . ‘ 
XVL—A _ storM.—RazorR FISHES.—ByYSSUS SPINNERS.— 
STONE EATERS,—LIGHTED TOMBS. rh =: 
XVII.—OLIvVEs : : : : 
XVIII.—GrRowTH OF SHELLS . 
XX “"TRINGS UNRECK’D OF” 2 «. : 
XX.—TROUBLE . : : : 3 : ; 
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