Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 



Natural History Handbooks for Collectors: 



Each Volume is very fully illustrated with practical woodcuts, and 

 bound in flat cloth extra, is. each (post free, is, 2d.). 



' ' They contain just the kind and amount of information required. . . . 

 It is not easy to understand how works like these, written by men of science 

 in the various departments, can be made a commercial success. Certainly 

 nothing but the enormous circulation which they well deserve can render 

 them so." Knowledge. 



"We have seen nothing better than this series. It is cheap, concise, and 

 practical. " Saturday Review. 



"We are glad to call attention to this excellent series of handbooks, 

 which deserve to be widely known. . . . We are glad to see the staff of 

 the British Museum thus coming forward to make popular the stores of 

 learning which they have. . . . The illustrations are uniformly good 

 far better than in many expensive books." Academy. 



i. Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles. 



By W. F. KIRBY, of the British Museum. 



" A really admirable and absurdly cheap manual. The incipient entomo- 

 logist will do himself an injustice if he does not procure it." Knowledge. 



2. Crustaceans and Spiders. 



By F. A. A. SKUSE. 



' ' The descriptions are plain and easy, and will serve to help the young 

 student to know and classify his sample whenever he catches it." S^'-wl 

 Board Chronicle. 



"The illustrations are quite up to the standard of this useful series." 

 Saturday Review. 



3. Fungi, Lichens, etc. 



By PETER GRAY. 



4- Mosses. 



By JAMES E. BAGNALL, A.L.S. 



" Really a wonderful shilling's worth. It is an excellent introduction to 

 the study of mosses. Any one who knows Mr. Bagnall would naturally 

 expect such a guide. ... No one can hesitate to order copies." 

 Grevillea. 



5. Pond-Life. 



By E. A. BUTLER, F.Z.S. 



" Sound in exposition and excellent in method, this little book is just the 

 right companion for the young naturalist on his rambles. The woodcuts are 

 numerous and good." Saturday Review. 



6. Seaweeds, Shells, and Fossils. 



By PETER GRAY and B. B. WOODWARD, of the British Museum 



7. Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Dragon-flies. 



By W. HARCOURT-BATH. 



Extra Series. 



Coins and Tokens (English). 



By LLEVV. JEWITT, F.S.A. 



With a Chapter on Greek Coins. By BARCLAY V. HEAD, Brit. Mus. 

 The New Volumes shortly to be issued are : Reptiles, by CATHERINE 

 HOPLEY. British Birds, by R. BOWDLER SHARP and W. HARCOURT- 

 BATH. Silkworm.8, by E. A. BUTLER. Land and Fresh Water 

 Shells, by DR. W.WILLIAMS, Editor of the Naturalist's Monthly. Fishes, 

 by F. A. SKUSE. Mammalia, by F. A. SKUSE. The Infinitely 

 Little, by Dr. W. WILLIAMS. 



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