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The octopus

Henry Lee

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The octopus is cleverer and stranger than its monstrous reputation, and Henry Lee sets the record straight. He tells of octopods he has known, the toilers of the sea, and the devil-fish of fiction versus fact. Vivid, witty, and full of marine wonder. A charming rehabilitation of a much-maligned creature. Meet the octopus as it truly is, out of the myths and into the light.

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16 chapters

  1. 1THE OCTOPUS; OR, THE “DEVIL-FISH” OF FICTION AND OF FACT.
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3CONTENTS.
  4. 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6CHAPTER I. THE OCTOPUS AND ITS RELATIVES.
  7. 7CHAPTER II. OCTOPODS I HAVE KNOWN.
  8. 8CHAPTER III. “THE TOILERS OF THE SEA.”
  9. 9CHAPTER IV. THE DEVIL-FISH OF FICTION AND OF FACT.
  10. 10CHAPTER V. THE OCTOPUS OUT OF WATER.
  11. 11CHAPTER VI. NEW LIMBS FOR OLD ONES.
  12. 12CHAPTER VII. SPAWNING OF THE OCTOPUS.
  13. 13CHAPTER VIII. CUTTLES AND SQUIDS.
  14. 14CHAPTER IX. ECONOMIC VALUE OF CUTTLE-FISHES.
  15. 15CHAPTER X. GIGANTIC CUTTLE-FISHES.
  16. 16FOOTNOTES:
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