* * * * * The book is pleasant reading, like all else that M. Michelet writes. CONTENTS. Page Extract from The London Atheneum, 5 BOOK FIRST. A GLANCE UPON THE SEAS. I. The Sea as seen from the Shore, 11 II. The Beach, the Sands, and the Iron Bound Coast, 19 III. The Same, (_Continued_) 24 IV. The Same, (_Continued_) 81 V. The Fiery and the Watery Circle. The Currents of the Sea, 40 VI. Tempests, 58 VII. Tempests (_Continued_) 63 VIII. The Storm of October, 1859, 72 IX. The Beacons, 91 BOOK SECOND. THE GENESIS OF THE SEA. I. Fecundity, 105 II. The Milky Sea, 114 III. The Atom, 128 IV. Blood-Flower, 139 V. The World Makers, 149 VI. Daughter of the Seas, 160 VII. The Stone Picker, 173 VIII. Shells, Mother of Pearl, and Pearl, 182 IX. The Sea Rovers (Poulpe, &c.) 194 X. Crustaceæ. Battle and Intrigue, 202 XI. The Fish, 212 XII. The Whale, 225 XIII. The Syrens, 236 BOOK THIRD. CONQUEST OF THE SEA. I. The Harpoon, 251 II. Discovery of the Three Oceans, 260 III. The Law of Storms, 275 IV. The Polar Seas, 289 V. Man's War upon the Races of the Sea, 306 VI. The Law of the Ocean, 319 BOOK FOURTH. THE RESTORATION OF THE SEA.