01430cam a2200313Ia 4500005751425MiAaHDL20071024000000.0m d cr bn ---auaua980917s1857 enka 000 0 eng dsdr-wu6897774(OCoLC)39888931PULPULOCLCQdcrbJHEGZMQL433.7.O9.W54 1857Williams, Charles,1796-1866.Silvershell, or, The adventures of an oyster /by the Rev. Charles Williams.SilvershellAdventures of an oysterLife of an oysterSilvershell, or, The life of an oysterSecond edition, with many engravings.London :Judd & Glass, Gray's Inn Road, and 21 Paternoster Row,1857.viii, 184 p., [1] leaf of plate :ill. ;18 cm.Includes index.Signatures: pi1 A⁴ B-L⁸ M⁴.Most likely a reissue of the 1856 Ward, Lock first edition; the title page is mounted to a stub, suggesting a cancel.Opie coll. of children's lit.,FF 431Anecdotal natural history for children in which the author discusses the wonders of the oyster and its assorted cousings. Darwin is only mentioned in passing, but Williams addresses the theory of evolution and dismisses it as an absurdity.Mode of access: Internet.Evolution (Biology)Juvenile literature.OystersJuvenile literature.00575142520071024102508.020071024000000.020120815133207.02025-03-28T17:58:04Z2025-03-28T17:30:02ZSDR-WUUNKNOWNloader.pl-001-001BKsdr-wu6897774wuSDRWUwu.89092547405WU6897774WUWU20250328googlewu.890925474051857pdbibnon-US bib date1 < 1901