For much of the Natural History part of this 
little volume the author is indebted to M. C. 
Cooke's “ Toilers of the Sea," and Dr. G. Hart- 
wig's “ Denizens of the Deep." She has thought 
it desirable to mingle some fiction with the facts , 
but trusts that the “ Gentle Reader" will easily 
distinguish the one from the other . 
