Jelly-Fish, Star-Fish and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Jelly-Fish, Star-Fish and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous SystemsAmong the most beautiful, as well as the most common, of the marine animals which are to be met with upon our coasts are the j elly-fish and the star fish. Scarcely any one is so devoid of the instincts either of the artist or of the naturalist as not to have watched these animals with blended emotions of the aesthetic and the scientific - feeling the beauty while wondering at the organization. How many of us who live for most of the year in the fog and dust of large towns enjoy with the greater zest our summer's holiday at the seaside? And in the memories of most of us is there not associated with the picture of breaking waves and sea-birds floating indifi'erently in the blue sky or on the water still more blue, the thoughts of many a ramble among the weedy rocks and living pools where for the time being we all become naturalists, and where those who least know what they are likely to find2 jelly-fish, star-fish, and sea-urchins.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.