"Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained" by Henry Lee. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Henry Lee. Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained
Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained
Table of Contents
PREFACE
THE KRAKEN
THE GREAT SEA SERPENT
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE MERMAID
THE LERNEAN HYDRA
SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
THE "SPOUTING" OF WHALES
THE "SAILING" OF THE NAUTILUS
BARNACLE GEESE—GOOSE BARNACLES
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Henry Lee
Published by Good Press, 2021
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"We learn from all this that the Polype or Starfish have amongst their various species some that are much larger than others; and, according to all appearance, amongst the very largest inhabitants of the ocean. If the axiom be true that greatness or littleness makes no change in the species, then this Krake must be of the Polypus kind, notwithstanding its enormous size."
His diagnosis is correct; but it is stated with a modesty which his detractors would do well to imitate; and his concluding words on this subject place him in a light very different from that in which he is popularly regarded:
