THE ROMANCE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY. 



BY 



PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.R.S. 



AUTHOR OF "AQUARIUM," "HISTORY OP THE JEWS," "RIVERS OF THE BIBLE." 



NATURAL HISTORY OP BIRDS, MAMMALS, REPTILES," i; THE OCEAN,' 5 



" POPULAR BRITISH ORNITHOLOGY," ETC. ETC. 



(Elegant 



BOSTON: 



GOULD AND LINCOLN, 



59 WASHINGTON STREET. 



NEW YORK: SHELDON AND COMPANY. 

 CINCINNATI : GEORGE S. BLANCHARD. 



1864. 



TTRRARY 



