PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF COLOURED PLATES

OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SEA SHORE

CHAPTER II THE SEA-SIDE NATURALIST

Outdoor Work

CHAPTER III SEA ANGLING

CHAPTER IV THE MARINE AQUARIUM

CHAPTER V THE PRESERVATION OF MARINE OBJECTS

Starfishes and Sea Urchins

Crustaceans

Marine Shells &c.

Flowers and Sea Weeds

The Museum

CHAPTER VI EXAMINATION OF MARINE OBJECTS—DISSECTION

CHAPTER VII THE PROTOZOA OF THE SEA SHORE

Marine Rhizopods

CHAPTER VIII BRITISH SPONGES

CHAPTER IX THE CŒLENTERATES—JELLY-FISHES, ANEMONES, AND THEIR ALLIES

CHAPTER X STARFISHES, SEA URCHINS, ETC.

CHAPTER XI MARINE WORMS

CHAPTER XII MARINE MOLLUSCS

CLASSIFICATION OF THE MOLLUSCA

CHAPTER XIII MARINE ARTHROPODS

SUB-KINGDOM ARTHROPODA

CHAPTER XIV MARINE VERTEBRATES

CHAPTER XV SEA WEEDS

THE CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS

CLASSIFICATION OF SEA WEEDS

CHAPTER XVI THE FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE SEA-SIDE

SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDERS WHICH CONTAIN OUR PRINCIPAL SEA-SIDE FLOWERING PLANTS

INDEX

Transcriber’s Note