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The octopus; or, the “devil-fish” of fiction and of fact

The octopus; or, the “devil-fish” of fiction and of fact

by Henry Lee

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Author
Lee, Henry, 1826-1888
Title
The octopus : or, The "devil-fish" of fiction and of fact
Original Publication
London: Chapman and Hall, 1875.
Credits
deaurider, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QL: Science: Zoology
Subject
Squids
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 72133
Release Date
November 15, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.THE OCTOPUS; OR, THE “DEVIL-FISH” OF FICTION AND OF FACT.
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.Untitled
  8. 8.PREFACE.
  9. 9.CONTENTS.
  10. 10.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  11. 11.INTRODUCTION.
  12. 12.CHAPTER I. THE OCTOPUS AND ITS RELATIVES.
  13. 13.Untitled
  14. 14.CHAPTER II. OCTOPODS I HAVE KNOWN.
  15. 15.CHAPTER III. “THE TOILERS OF THE SEA.”
  16. 16.CHAPTER IV. THE DEVIL-FISH OF FICTION AND OF FACT.
  17. 17.CHAPTER V. THE OCTOPUS OUT OF WATER.
  18. 18.CHAPTER VI. NEW LIMBS FOR OLD ONES.
  19. 19.CHAPTER VII. SPAWNING OF THE OCTOPUS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER VIII. CUTTLES AND SQUIDS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER IX. ECONOMIC VALUE OF CUTTLE-FISHES.
  22. 22.CHAPTER X. GIGANTIC CUTTLE-FISHES.
  23. 23.FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.Untitled

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