Sea Monsters Unmasked (Classic Reprint)

As I commence this little history of two sea monsters there comes to my mind a remark made to me by my friend, Mr. Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain which illustrates a feeling that many a writer must have experienced when dealing with a subject that has been previously well handled. Expressing to me one day the gratification he felt in having made many pleasant acquaintances in England, he added, with dry humour, and a grave countenance, Yes !I owe your countrymen no grudge or ill-will. I freely forgive them, though one of them did me a grievous wrong, an irreparable injury !I twas Shakspeare :if he had not written those, plays of his, I shouldjrave done so! They contain my thoughts, my sentiments !H eforestalled me !I ntreating of the so-called sea-serpent, I have been anticipated by many able writers. Mr. Gosse, in his delightful book, The Romance of Natural History, published in 1862, devoted a chapter to it; and numerous articles concerning it have appeared in various papers and periodicals.
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