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Glaucus, or, The wonders of the shore, By Charles Kingsley (illustrated)

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Glaucus, or, The Wonders of the Shore is an 1855 popular natural history by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), the English clergyman, novelist, and Christian Socialist who held the chair of Modern History at Cambridge and served as Canon of Westminster. Kingsley wrote across a wide range, producing the novels Westward Ho! and Hereward the Wake, the children's book The Water-Babies, and a series of essays on natural history, public health, and social reform. Glaucus introduces general readers to the marine life of the British coast through a tour of rock pools, sandy shores, and tidal zones, and helped fuel the mid-Victorian fashion for seaside collecting and the home aquarium. The book mixes accurate natural history with Kingsley's characteristic theological reflection on the goodness of creation.

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Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley was an English clergyman, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. A broad church priest of the Church of England, he is particularly associated with Christian socialism, Anti-Catholicism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms.

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First published
1855
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Pages
139
Language
English
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