Transcribed from the 1890 Macmillan and Co. edition by DavidPrice,

GLAUCUS
OR
THE WONDERS OF THE SHORE

BY
CHARLES KINGSLEY

WITHCOLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1890

The Right of Translation andReproduction is Reserved

Richard Clayand Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.

First Edition (Fcap. 8vo), May 1855.  SecondEdition, August 1855.  Third Edition, 1856. Fourth Edition (with Coloured Illustrations), 1859. Fifth Edition (Crown 8vo), 1873.  Reprinted1878, 1879, 1881, 1884, 1887, 1890.

Dedication.

My dear Miss Grenfell,

I cannot forego the pleasure ofdedicating this little book to you; excepting of course theopening exhortation (needless enough in your case) to those whohave not yet discovered the value of Natural History. Accept it as a memorial of pleasant hours spent by us already,and as an earnest, I trust, of pleasant hours to be spenthereafter (perhaps, too, beyond this life in the nobler world tocome), in examining together the works of our Father inheaven.

Your grateful and faithful brother-in-law,

C. KINGSLEY.

Bideford,
      April 24, 1855.

The basis of this little bookwas an Article which appeared in the
North British Review for November 1854.

Beyond the shadow ofthe ship,
I watch’d the water snakes:
They moved in tracks of shining white,
And when they rear’d, the elfish light
Fell off in hoary flakes.

* * * *

O happy living things! no tongue
Their beauty might declare:
A spring of love gush’d from my heart,
And I bless’d them unware.

Coleridge’s AncientMariner.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.