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SOMETIME NATURALIST OF THE BRIGHTON AQUARIUM AND AUTHOR OF 'THE OCTOPUS, OR THE DEVIL-FISH OF FICTIO

Date of account: Published 1883
Source: Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained
Reference: Sea Monsters Unmasked, and Sea Fables Explained · selected passage 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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The proprietors of the Illustrated London News not only gave me permission to copy, in reduced size, their two pictures of the Daedalus incident, but presented to me electrotype copies of all others small enough for these pages--namely, "Jonah and the Monster," Egede's "Sea-Serpent," and the Whale as seen from the Paul…

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The proprietors of the _Illustrated London News_ not only gave me permission to copy, in reduced size, their two pictures of the _Daedalus_ incident, but presented to me electrotype copies of all others small enough for these pages--namely, "Jonah and the Monster," Egede's "Sea-Serpent," and the Whale as seen from the _Pauline_. Equally kind have been the proprietors of the _Field_. To them I am greatly indebted for their permission to copy the beautiful woodcuts of the "Octopus at Rest," "The Sepia seizing its Prey," and the arms of the Newfoundland squids, and also for "electros" of the two curious Japanese engravings, all of which originally appeared in their paper. From the _Graphic_ I have had similar permission to copy any cuts that might be thought suitable, and the illustrations of the sea-serpent, as seen from Her Majesty's yacht _Osborne_ and the _City of Baltimore_, are from that journal. Messrs. Nisbet most courteously allowed me to have a copy of the block of the _Enaliosaurus_ swimming, which was one of the numerous pictures in Mr. Gosse's book, published by them, already referred to. And last, not least, I have to thank Miss Ellen Woodward, daughter of my friend, Dr.

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