Excerpt from The Sea-Side and Aquarium, or Anecdote and Gossip on Marine ZoologyIN making another contribution to the rapidly accumulating literature of Marine Zoology, the author's object has been to present a Manual of the Science at once simple, comprehensive, and cheap. It may not, perhaps, be considered out of place in him to observe, that among the many admirable works with which he is acquainted, he has not met with any that seems to combine these advantages. Passing over such works as, from their purely scientific character, are obviously exceptional, the majority of treatises intended for general readers are either too expensive, or, if low priced, mere compilations.To his Edinburgh readers, the author believes it will be a recommendation of his little work, the fact of his having been the first to illustrate, in a popular manner, Marine Zoology on the prolific shores of the Frith of Forth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work.

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