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The Oyster: Where, How and When to Find, Breed, Cook and Eat It

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The Oyster: Where, How and When to Find, Breed, Cook and Eat It

Eustace Clare Grenville Murray

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Where, how, and when to find, breed, cook, and eat it: Grenville Murray's oyster promises everything and delivers with wit. Ancient history, modern history, the oyster at home and in its new settlement, all shucked open in brisk chapters. Victorian journalism's love letter to the bivalve. Swallow it whole.

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15 chapters

  1. 1THE OYSTER; WHERE, HOW, AND WHEN TO FIND, BREED, COOK, AND EAT IT.
  2. 2CONTENTS.
  3. 3THE OYSTER
  4. 4CHAPTER I. THE OYSTER IN SEASON.
  5. 5CHAPTER II. ANCIENT HISTORY OF THE OYSTER.
  6. 6CHAPTER III. MODERN HISTORY OF THE OYSTER.
  7. 7CHAPTER IV. THE OYSTER AT HOME.
  8. 8CHAPTER V. THE OYSTER IN ITS NEW SETTLEMENT.
  9. 9CHAPTER VI. THE OYSTER ON ITS TRAVELS.
  10. 10CHAPTER VII. THE OYSTER AT ITS JOURNEY'S END.
  11. 11CHAPTER VIII. THE OYSTER AND THE DOCTOR.
  12. 12CHAPTER IX. THE OYSTER ABROAD.
  13. 13CHAPTER X. "THE TREASURE OF AN OYSTER."
  14. 14FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15Transcriber's Note
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