Philip Henry Gosse

One of my favorite classic natural history writers is Philip Henry Gosse. He wrote several books in the mid- to late 1800s, including a few titles in which he discusses mystery animals (sea serpents and the like). He was the first naturalist to create (and write about) the salt-water aquarium, and had a particular interest in marine life.
I've spent the day scanning the text and color plates for Gosse's A Year at the Shore. I'll put it in line to reprint in a few months, if I have time. Lots of other books I need to keep working on, but I would like to start reprinting a few more of his books. I did have an ebook for his text, The Romance of Natural History (American version), which was fairly popular as a free download.