CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE ROMANCE OF NATURAL HISTORY.

I. THE EXTINCT.

II. THE MARVELLOUS.

III. MERMAIDS.

IV. THE SELF-IMMURED.

V. HYBERNATION OF SWALLOWS.

VI. THE CRESTED AND WATTLED SNAKE.

VII. THE DOUBTFUL.

VIII. FASCINATION.

IX. SERPENT-CHARMING.

X. BEAUTY.

XI. PARASITES.

APPENDIX. ON THE SEA-SERPENT.

INDEX.

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