No. 1. Turbo Argyrostoma. Silver Mouth. Linn. Singapore. No. 2. Strombus Kid Conch. West Indian Bituberculata. Islands. No. 3. Nerita Peloronta. Bleeding Tooth. Linn. West Indies. No. 4. Strombus Urceus. Linn. Amboina. No. 5. Turbo Sarmaticus. Turk's Cap. Linn. Algoa Bay. No. 6. Cypræa Argus. Eyed Cowry. Linn. New Caledonia. No. 7. Helix Hæmastoma. Red Mouth Snail. Linn. Ceylon. No. 8. Murex Pomum. Smet. Florida. No. 9. Oliva Inflata. Linn. Singapore. No. 10. Conus Arenatus. Sandy Cone. Hwass. Red Sea. No. 11. Fasciolaria Tulipa. Linn. West Indies. No. 12. Conus Leoninus. Gmelin. Florida. No. 13. Spondylus Pictorum. Chem. California. No. 14. Conus Litteratus. Lettered Cone. Linn. Ceylon. No. 15. Haliotis Iris. Green Abalone. Gmelin. Japan. No. 16. Terebra Maculata. Marlin Spike. Linn. Sandwich Islands. No. 17. Murex Regius. Red Murex. Wood. Panama. No. 18. Oliva Porphyria. Tent Shell. Linn. Panama. No. 19. Murex Bicolor. Pink Murex. Val. Mexico. Who does not love the beauty of shells? Who, when visiting the sea-shore, has not sought them with eagerness? Their beautiful colors are pleasing to the sight. The Indians have always loved shells on account of their bright colors. No doubt they many times tried to paint their faces the same color. They used to make money from the pink or purple portions of them. There are thousands of different kinds of shells. To get the full beauty of them we must see them in their native homes amidst the sands and stones and the roaring sea. Mr. Emerson tells of finding the "delicate shells on the shore," and how the fresh waves seemed to add new beauty to them. He wiped away the foam and the weeds and carried them home. He could not take the foam and waves and sky and ocean's roar. He says the shells "Had left their beauty on the shore, With the sun and the sand and the wild uproar." Did you ever place a large shell to your ear and listen to its roar? It sounds like the distant roar of the sea. Mr. Wordsworth says: "I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy, for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea."