CONTENTS. 



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I'AGE 

 INTRODUCTION xiii 



CHAPTER I. 



THE OCTOPUS AND ITS RELATIVES I 



CHAPTER II. 



OCTOPODS I HAVE KNOWN 7 



CHAPTER III. 



"THE TOILERS OF THE SEA'' .12 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE DEVIL-FISH OF FICTION AND OF FACT 19 



CHAPTER V. 



THE OCTOPUS OUT OF WATER 37 



CHAPTER VI. 



NEW LIMBS FOR OLD ONES 49 



CHAPTER VII. 



SPAWNING OF THE OCTOPUS 5^ 



