Under the Waves, or the Hermit-Crab in Society

Excerpt from Under the Waves, or the Hermit-Crab "in Society"When such books make a claim upon holiday - time, we think it as well to disown any such intention in this little volume, and to state frankly that our first object is to amuse our readers, by presenting some of the most curious facts, in the history of a few of the most common marine animals, in as simple a form as facts in themselves so curious, that, if we fail in this object, the fault assuredly does not rest with our subject.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.