Front matter
Reading edition
THE OCTOPUS; OR, THE “DEVIL-FISH” OF FICTION AND OF FACT.
THE OCTOPUS
(
Octopus vulgaris.
)
AQUARIUM NOTES.
THE OCTOPUS;
OR,
THE “DEVIL-FISH” OF FICTION AND OF FACT.
By HENRY LEE,
F.L.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S., &c.,
NATURALIST Of THE BRIGHTON AQUARIUM.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.
1875.
LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
I Dedicate this little Book
TO MY VENERABLE FRIEND,
DR. JAMES SCOTT BOWERBANK,
F.R.S., &c.,
ONE OF THE ORIGINATORS OF THE WATER VIVARIUM;
TO WHOSE VALUABLE ADVICE AND CHEERING ENCOURAGEMENT I, LIKE MANY OTHERS, AM INDEBTED FOR THE CONFIRMATION AND INCREASE OF AN EARLY LOVE OF THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY.
H. L.