Zoology
For a general introduction to natural history the best books are—Life and her Children (London, 1880), and Winners in Life’s Race (London, 1882), by Miss A. B. Buckley (Mrs. Fisher), and Professor Arthur J. Thomson’s fascinating Study of Animal Life, which gives a list of other books on zoology.
The animals of the seashore are dealt with in Rev. J. G. Wood’s Common Objects of the Seashore and Fresh and Salt Water Aquarium; Seaside Studies, by G. H. Lewes; The Aquarium, by P. H. Gosse; and The Aquarium, its Inhabitants, Structure, and Management, by J. E. Taylor.
Gosse’s Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles (2 vols., London, 1856) still remains the best book for the identification of marine animals.