glaucus-or the wonders of the shore(鯉斥互帽)-及35准
梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ○ 賜 ★ 辛酔堀貧和鍬匈��梓囚徒貧議 Enter 囚辛指欺云慕朕村匈��梓囚徒貧圭�鮗� ● 辛指欺云匈競何��
!!!!隆堋響頼��紗秘慕禰厮宴和肝写偬堋響��
a form equally suited to a child and a SAVANT。 Seldom�察�perhaps�察�has
there been a little book in which so vast a quantity of facts have been
98
´ Page 99´
Glaucus/or The Wonders of the Shore
told so gracefully�察�simply�察 �without a taint of pedantry or cumbrousness ´
an excellence which is the sure and only mark of a perfect mastery of the
subject。 Mr。 G。 H。 Lewes's ;Sea´shore Studies; are also very valuable�察�
hardly perhaps a book for beginners�察 �but from his admirable power of
description�察�whether of animals or of scenes�察�is interesting for all classes
of readers。
Two little ;Popular; Histories ´ one of British Zoophytes�察�the other
of British Sea´weeds�察 �by Dr。 Landsborough ��since dead of cholera�察 �at
Saltcoats�察 �the scene of his energetic and pious ministry�� ´ are very
excellent�察�and are furnished�察�too�察�with well´ drawn and coloured plates�察�for
the comfort of those to whom a scientific nomenclature ��as liable as any
other human thing to be faulty and obscure�� conveys but a vague
conception of the objects。 These may serve well for the beginner�察 �as
introductions to Professor Harvey's large work on British Algae�察�and to
the new edition of Professor Johnston's invaluable ;British Zoophytes�察─�
Miss Gifford's ;Marine Botanist�察─ �third edition�察 �and Dr。 Cocks's ;Sea´
weed Collector's Guide�察─ �have also been recommended by a high
authority。
For general Zoology the best books for beginners are�察 �perhaps�察 �as a
general introduction�察�the Rev。 J。 A。 L。 Wood's ;Popular Zoology�察─ �full of
excellent plates�察 �and for systematic Zoology�察 �Mr。 Gosse's four little
books�察�on Mammals�察 �Birds�察 �Reptiles�察 �and Fishes�察 �published with many
plates�察�by the Christian Knowledge Society�察�at a marvellously cheap rate。
For miscroscopic animalcules�察 �Miss Agnes Catlow's ;Drops of Water;
will teach the young more than they will ever remember�察�and serve as a
good introduction to those teeming abysses of the unseen world�察�which
must be afterwards traversed under the guidance of Hassall and
Ehrenberg。
For Ornithology�察 �there is no book�察 �after all�察 �like dear old Bewick�察�
PASSE though he may be in a scientific point of view。 There is a good
little British ornithology�察�too�察�published in Sir W。 Jardine's ;Naturalist's
Library�察─�and another by Mr。 Gosse。 And Mr。 Knox's ;Ornithological
Rambles in Sussex�察─�with Mr。 St。 John's ;Highland Sports�察─�and ;Tour in
Sutherlandshire�察─ �are the monographs of naturalists�察 �gentlemen�察 �and
99
´ Page 100´
Glaucus/or The Wonders of the Shore
sportsmen�察�which remind one at every page ��and what higher praise can
one give�殖� of White's ;History of Selborne。; These last�察 �with Mr。
Gosse's ;Canadian Naturalist�察─ �and his little book ;The Ocean�察─ �not
forgetting Darwin's delightful ;Voyage of the Beagle and Adventure�察─�
ought to be in the hands of every lad who is likely to travel to our
colonies。 For general Geology�察 �Professor Ansted's Introduction is
excellent�察 �while�察�as a specimen of the way in which a single district may
be thoroughly worked out�察�and the universal method of induction learnt
from a narrow field of objects�察 �what book can�察 �or perhaps ever will�察�
compare with Mr。 Hugh Miller's ;Old Red Sandstone;�拭�
For this last reason�察�I especially recommend to the young the Rev。 C。
A。 Johns's ;Week at the Lizard�察─�as teaching a young person how much
there is to be seen and known within a few square miles of these British
Isles。 But�察�indeed�察�all Mr。 Johns's books are good ��as they are bound to
be�察�considering his most accurate and varied knowledge���察�especially his
;Flowers of the Field�察─�the best cheap introduction to systematic botany
which has yet appeared。 Trained�察 �and all but self´trained�察 �like Mr。
Hugh Miller�察�in a remote and narrow field of observation�察�Mr。 Johns has
developed himself into one of our most acute and persevering botanists�察�
and has added many a new treasure to the Flora of these isles�察�and one
person�察 �at least�察 �owes him a deep debt of gratitude for first lessons in
scientific accuracy and patience�察 � lessons taught�察�not dully and dryly at
the book and desk�察 �but livingly and genially�察 �in adventurous rambles
over the bleak cliffs and ferny woods of the wild Atlantic shore�察 �
;Where the old fable of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos
and Bayona's hold。;
Mr。 Henfrey's ;Rudiments of Botany; might accompany Mr。 Johns's
books。 Mr。 Babington's ;Manual of British Botany; is also most
compact and highly finished�察�and seems the best work which I know of
from which a student somewhat advanced in English botany can verify
species�察 �while for ferns�察 �Moore's ;Handbook; is probably the best for
beginners。
For Entomology�察�which�察�after all�察�is the study most fit for boys ��as
Botany is for girls�� who have no opportunity for visiting the sea´shore�察�
100
´ Page 101´
Glaucus/or The Wonders of the Shore
Catlow's ;Popular British Entomology�察─ �having coloured plates ��a
delight to young people���察 �and saying something of all the orders�察 �is�察�
probably�察�still a good work for beginners。
Mr。 Stainton's ;Entomologist's Annual for 1855; contains valuable
hints of that gentleman's on taking and arranging moths and butterflies�察�
as well as of Mr。 Wollaston's on performing the same kind office for that
far more numerous�察�and not less beautiful class�察�the beetles。 There is
also an admirable ;Manual of British Butterflies and Moths�察─ �by Mr。
Stainton�察�in course of publication�察 �but�察�perhaps�察�the most interesting of
all entomological books which I have seen ��and for introducing me to
which I must express my hearty thanks to Mr。 Stainton���察 �is ;Practical
Hints respecting Moths and Butterflies�察 �forming a Calendar of
Entomological Operations�察─ 。�36�� by Richard Shield�察 �a simple London
working´man。
I would gladly devote more space than I can here spare to a review
of this little book�察�so perfectly does it corroborate every word which I
have said already as to the moral and intellectual value of such studies。
Richard Shield�察 �making himself a first´rate ;lepidopterist�察─ �while
working with his hands for a pound a week�察 �is the antitype of Mr。 Peach�察�
the coast´guardsman�察�among his Cornish tide´rocks。 But more than this�察�
there is about Shield's book a tone as of Izaak Walton himself�察�which is
very delightful�察 �tender�察 �poetical�察 �and religious�察 �yet full of quiet
quaintness and humour�察�showing in every page how the love for Natural
History is in him only one expression of a love for all things beautiful�察�
and pure�察 �and right。 If any readers of these pages fancy that I over´
praise the book�察�let them buy it�察�and judge for themselves。 They will
thus help the good man toward pursuing his studies with larger and
better appliances�察�and will be ��as I expect�� surprised to find how much
there is to be seen and done�察�even by a working´man�察 �within a day's walk
of smoky Babylon itself�察�and how easily a man might�察�if he would�察�wash
his soul clean for a while from all