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Glaucus; Or, The Wonders of the Shore
·
Charles Kingsley
150
Thus
I
wrote
some
twenty
years
ago,
when
the
study
of
Natural
History
was
confined
mainly
to
several
scientific
men,
or
mere
collectors
of
shells,
insects,
and
dried
plants.
Since
then,
I
am
glad
to
say,
it
has
become
a
popular
and
common
pursuit,
owing,
I
doubt
not,
to
the
impulse
given
to
it
by
the
many
authors
whose
works
I
then
recommended.
I
recommend
them
still;
though
a
swarm
of
other
manuals
and
popular
works
have
appeared
since,
excellent
in
their
way,
and
almost
beyond
counting.
But
all
honour
to
those,
and
above
all
to
Mr.
Gosse
and
Mr.
Johns,
who
first
opened
people’s
eyes
to
the
wonders
around
them
all
day
long.
Now,
we
have,
in
addition
to
amusing
books
on
special
subjects,
serials
on
Natural
History
more
or
less
profound,
and
suited
to
every
kind
of
student
and
every
grade
of
knowledge.
I
mention
the
names
of
none.
For
first,
they
happily
need
no
advertisement
from
me;
and
next,
I
fear
to
be
unjust
to
any
one
of
them
by
inadvertently
omitting
its
name.
Let
me
add,
that
in
the
advertising
columns
of
those
serials,
will
be
found
notices
of
all
the
new
manuals,
and
of
all
apparatus,
and
other
matters,
needed
by
amateur
naturalists,
and
of
many
who
are
more
than
amateurs.
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