| PAGE. |
| [INTRODUCTION.] |
| What are Shells | [iii] |
| Conchology | [iv] |
| Beauty and Value of Shells | [vi] |
| Uses of Shells | [viii] |
| The Inhabitants of Shells | [xi] |
| Malacology | [ib] |
| Classification of Shells | [xii] |
| Taking and Preserving Shells | [xiii] |
| The Cabinet | [ib] |
| On Cleaning and Polishing Shells | [xv] |
| Fossil Shells | [ib] |
| [UNIVALVES.] |
| The Common Snail | [18] |
| Fresh-water Shells | [23] |
| The Whelk | [26] |
| Rock Shells | [27] |
| Periwinkle | [29] |
| Trochus, or Top-Shell | [31] |
| Cones, Volutes, Mitres, and Olives | [35] |
| Cowries | [38] |
| [BIVALVES.] |
| The Oyster | [41] |
| Pearls | [49] |
| The Mussel and the Cockle | [51] |
| Scallop Shells | [57] |
| Limpits | [59] |
| Bock-borers | [61] |
| [MULTIVALVES.] |
| The Chitons | [63] |
| Barnacles | [64] |
| Cuttle Fish | [67] |
| Nautilus and Ammonite | [71] |