EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 398 ***
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
VOL. 14, No. 398] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1829. [PRICE 2d
THE NATURALIST.
[Illustration: MANTIS, OR WALKING LEAF.]
[Illustration: BRANCHED STARFISH.]
Castles, cathedrals, and churches, palaces, and parks, and architectural
subjects generally, have occupied so many frontispiece pages of our
recent numbers, that we have been induced to select the annexed cuts as
a pleasant relief to this artificial monotony. They are Curiosities of
Nature; and, in truth, more interesting than the proudest work of men's
hands. Their economy is much more surprising than the most sumptuous
production of art; and the intricacy and subtlety of its processes throw
into the shade all the contrivances of social man: a few inquiries into
their structure and habits will therefore prove entertaining to all
classes of readers.
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