In 1853 there appeared in England a book on the marvels of seashore life, illustrated directly on the lithographic stone by the author. This book, A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonshire Coast, by Philip Henry Gosse, was the first of its kind in any language, and all others have been imitators and followers of this prototype. Yet only a few of the later books have been based on original observation done at the seashore. Between Pacific Tides, first published in 1939, is one of those few......................
J. W. H.