WORKS ON MARINE NATURAL HISTORY 

 AND THE AQUARIUM, 



BY PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, F.KS. 



A NATURALIST'S EAMBLES 

 THE DEVONSHIBE COAST. 



With TWENTY-EIGHT PLATES, some coloured. Post 8vo. 21s. 



"The charming book now before us .... The lively pages of this graphic and 

 well-illustrated volume .... We know of no book where that beautiful family, the 

 Sea-Anemones, are more graphically described and brought before the eye of the 

 reader." Eraser's Magazine, Oct. 1853. 



"This charming volume, which we so strongly recommend to our readers .... 

 largely enters into the private history [of the Sea-Anemones and other Zoophytes], 

 and to the attractions of an engaging style and healthy piety, adds the accompani- 

 ment of elaborately coloured drawings of the animals themselves." Leisure Hour, 

 Feb. 9, 1854. 



"Scarcely have we pronounced a most favourable opinion of Mr. Gosse's ' Natu- 

 ralist's Sojourn in Jamaica' than we are called upon to review another book from 



the same pen, equally beautiful, equally amusing, and equally instructive 



This is a fit companion to the ' Sojourn; ' like that, it is a series of pictures which 

 it must delight the lover of nature to look upon .... the animals of the sea are 

 here revealed to us in all their most attractive forms." Zoologist, Oct. 1853. 



" The present will ably support the previous character of its talented author." 

 Natural History Review, Jan. 1854. 



THE AQUARIUM; 



AN UNVEILING OF 



THE WONDERS OP THE DEEP SEA. 



Post 8vo. with coloured and uncoloured Illustrations, 17s. 



"Those who have had the gratification of spirit-companionship with Mr. Gosse 

 in his former rambles, will rejoice to find themselves again by his side on the shores 

 of Dorset. He has the art of throwing the 'purple light' of life over the marble 

 form of science ; and while satisfying the learned by illustrations and confirmations 

 of what they knew before, he delights the seekers of knowledge, and even of 

 amusement, by leading them into profitable and pleasant paths 'which they have 



not known' The volume ought to be upon the table of every intelligent 



sea-side visitor. It would be injustice to close these remarks without paying a 

 tribute to the singular beauty, both of design and execution, of the plates which 

 accompany the work." Globe, June 22, 1854. 



"To all who have looked with interest upon the collection of marine aquatic 

 animals in the Zoological Gardens, and observed with attention their wondrous de- 

 velopment of form and function, this book, by an eminent lover of Nature's marvels, 

 will be a delightful and welcome companion. Mr. Gosse has himself dived into the 

 bejewelled palaces which old Neptune has so long kept reluctantly under lock and 

 key, and we find their treasures set before us with a freshness and fidelity which 

 afford welcome and instructive lessons to naturalists of all ages. ... It is a charm- 

 ing little volume, and an admirable pocket companion for visitors to the sea-side." 

 Literary Gazette, July 15, 1854. 



"The beautiful little work now before us Every page of this fascinating 



work is quotable. ... A fitting ornament for the drawing-room table." Chambers' s 

 Journal, Aug. 1854. 



LONDON : JOHN VAN VOORST, PATERNOSTER ROW. 



