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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



G. Hevs.— The lecture on " Earthquakes and Volcanoes," 

 delivered before the Dover Field Club, was reported pretty 

 fully in the Dover Standard of Nov. 27th, 1886, which you can 

 obtain from the office. 



J. Cambridge. — Apply for information to the secretary of 

 the Royal Microscopical Society. 



E. P. Powell.— Your diatom (judging from the rough 

 sketch) appears to be a species of Aulacodiscus. 



J. S. T. — The specimens are (.1) Atrypa reticulata, (2) Ji/iy/i- 

 ckonella Wilsoni, (3I Halysites catenulatns (a foss. coral), 

 (4) part of Orthoceras, and (5) a fragment of Astrxa (foss. 

 coral). See Taylor's •' Common British Fossils," for descrip- 

 tions and illustrations. 



Mr. Got;! on. — The following are excel'ent books on the 

 subjects, price 7s. 6d. each (Routledge & Co) : " British 

 Lichens," by Dr. Lauder Lindsav ; " British Seaweeds," by 

 Dr. Landsborough ; and "British Mosses," by J. Slack. 



EXCHANGES. 



Wanted, Geikie's "Class-book of Geology." — Charles C. 

 Crick. 43 Parliament Street, London, S.W. 



What offers for " Studies in Microscopical Srience," by 

 A. C. Cole? vol. i., Nos. 27-52, with Preface and Index ; with 

 26 chromo-lithograph plates, quite new. Wanted, good work 

 on fungi, with coloured plates, Berkley's or others'. — Mrs. 

 Bishop, The Platts, Watford, Herts. 



Wanted, a copy of "The Tourist's Handbook to the Flora 

 of Germany, Switzerland, etc.," published by Lovell Reeve 

 & Co. — R. Postans, Springfield Road, St. Leonard's-on-Sea. 



What offers in books for my private collection of shells ; 

 classified after Woodward, 150 species (upwards of 300 shells) ; 

 also some recent corals, some minerals, and a human skull. — 

 A. Hickmott, College Walk, Maidstone. 



Exchange, "British Marine Testaceous Mollusca," by Wil- 

 liam Clark, published by Van Voorst, 15J., equal to new, for 

 Gray's " British Seaweeds."— Charles Woods, King Street, 

 Jersey. 



Three doren micro objects by Tapping ; exchange for "The 

 Microscope," by Carpenter, or offers. — G. A. Barker, 1 North- 

 wold Road, Clapton. 



Zanites glaber, Plattorbis dilaiatns, Helix caperata, var. 

 crnata, for almost any of the smaller species of Helicidae. — 

 T. Rogers, 27 Oldham Road, Manchester. 



Six hundred fronds and pinnae of goldfern, silverfern, maiden- 

 hair, and many other kinds of exotic ferns. Wanted, works on 

 botany, or good collection of British seaweed (named). Also 

 living roots of (L. C-, 7th ed.) 243, icoi, 1006, 1021, for equal 

 number ot 7, 131, 172, 173, 176, 260, 261, 292, 293, 53:, 812, 813, 

 864, 1000, 1002, 1314, 1315, 1327, 1328, 1330, 1615, 1643.— J. W. 

 Brook, 4 Cliffe, Warley, Halifax. 



150 named lichens offered in exchange for others, or for books, 

 apparatus, slides, shells, etc. — R. V. Tellan, Bore Street, 

 Bodmin. 



Wanted, fossil and recent shells, genera Melania, Melanopsis, 

 Cyrena, Potamides, Paludina, Corbicula ; exchange. — C. Mus- 

 son, 23 Mapperley Hill, Nottingham. 



For exchange, "The Naturalist's World," vol. i. Deside- 

 rata, British land and freshwater mollusca. — C. H. Pierson, 

 16 Brunswick Place, Leeds. 



"Nature," wanted weekly, a few days after publication; 

 state exchange required. — Win. Hardie, 49 Morningside Road, 

 Edinburgh. 



Wanted, Hyalina Draparnaitldi, Testacella Maugci and 

 vertigoes, in exchange for Clausilia biplicata (only one or two 

 left), Helix pisana, H. ru/escens, H. sericea, Hyalina nitida, 

 Plattorbis cari?iatus, Neritina Jhiviatilis, etc. Also wanted 

 particularly some good living specimens of Helix pomatia, 

 H. nenioralis, and H. hortensis. — Wilfred Mark Webb, 31 

 Anhoe Road, Brook Green, W. 



Wanted, Science-Gossip, any years before 1883, bound or 

 in parts, in exchange for really first-class pretty photos of Irish 

 scenery, antiquities, yachts racing, steamers in motion, etc., 

 size 8 X 5^ inches. Also offered, Belfast riot photos, snow 

 scenes, photomicrographs of diatomacea, foiaminifera, and 

 transparencies from same. — R. Welch, publisher of Irish views, 

 49 Lonsdale Street, Belfast. 



"Knowledge," Nos. 1-113 inclusive (No. 2 missing), good 

 as new. What offers'? — Joseph Anderson, jun., Aire Villa, 

 Chichester. 



Shetland lepidoptera (Macros and Micros) in splendid con- 

 dition. Shall be glad to receive offers. — Joseph Anderson, jun., 

 Aire Villa, Chichester. 



FjRST-CLASS slides (diatoms, fungi, parasites, anatomical, 

 p ithological, botan ; caI)in exchange for micro books, appliances, 

 and objectives, or volumes of Science-Gossip. — Fred. Lee 

 Carter, 25 Lansdowne Terrace, Gosforth, Ne»vcastle-on- I'yne. 



Wanted, to exchange British mosses and Hepaticae. Send 

 list to — F. J. Warner, 20 Hyde Street, Winchester. 



Wanted, Gray's " Turton's Manual of Land and Freshwater 

 Shells." Offered, Harting's " Rambles in Search of Shells," 

 with coloured pla'es of the species and list of local catalogues ; 

 or Latham's " Ethnology of the British Isles," 8vo., 1852, or 

 other books on natural history.— George Roberts, Lofthouse, 

 near Wakefield. 



What offers for a Beck's Ranviers microtome ? — W. Annitage, 

 Asteria, South Park Road, Harrogate. 



Duplicates of common shells will be sent (named) to any 

 beginner in conchology who will send box and stamps for return 

 postage. — George Roberts, Lofthouse, near Wakefield. 



Packets containing twelve unmounted micro objects of 

 interest, including Kie-elguhr fossil earth from Naterleuss, rare 

 animal hairs, micro fungi, and seeds of Pyrola rotundi/olia and 

 Parnassia palnstris, in exchange for a like number of other 

 good objects, rare zoophytes particularly wanted. — Dr. Webb, 

 46 West Derby Road, Liverpool. 



A collection of English seaweeds, named and arranged, in 

 album ; offers solicited. — Antiquary, Lyme Regis. 



Eggs of woodpeckers, kingfishers, cuckoos, grosbeaks, and 

 waxwings, offered for nests with eggs of British or foreign birds. 

 — J. T. T. Reel, Ryhope, Sunderland. 



Wanted, Gray's "British Seaweeds," Huxley's "Physi- 

 ology," also a good work on marine hydrozoa and polyzoa and 

 an elementary work on botany. — J. W. E., 4 Hyde Road, 

 Eastbourne. 



Wanted, histological slides; will give in exchange un- 

 mounted marine objects, such as algae in fruit, zoophytes, also 

 shells, Echinus spines, aphrodite or sea-mouse, etc. — J. W. E., 

 4 Hyde Road, Eastbourne. 



Wanted, numbers of " Quarterly Journal of the Geological 

 Society" in exchange for well-mounted micro slides. — Rev. 

 George Bai'ey, Finchingfield, Essex. 



Mr. Gaetano Platania Platania, Via S. Giuseppe, 14 

 Acireale, Sicily, desires to begin again the exchanges of shells 

 and fossils. 



For exchange, a well-made cabinet of forty drawers and col- 

 lection of lepidoptera. — Robert Barker, n Towend Street, 

 Groves, York. 



Wanted, vols, of "Northern Microscopist," unbound pre- 

 ferred, to complete set, lowest offers, etc. — N. A. Latham, 

 F.M.S., 10 Portsmouth Street, Oxford Road, Manchester. 



Duplicates: S. Ligustri, viegacephala, Phragmitidis, 

 htcipera, triplasia, typica, sambucata, tiliaria, rhomboidaria, 

 rubiginata, crocealis. lariciana, occultana, Goedartella. De- 

 siderata numerous. Accepted offers answered within three days. 

 — George Balding, Ruby Street, Wisbech. 



Wanted, numbers or volumes of Science-Gossip prior to 

 August 1885, excepting several numbers in 1879, 1880 ; exchange 

 botanical, natural history, and other works. — P. F. G-, 80 Leath- 

 waite Road, Clapham Common, London, S.W. 



For exchange, about 300 species of land, freshwater, and 

 marine shells. Offers solicited ; Chinese, Japanese, and Bra 

 zilian land shells preferred. — Miss Linter, Arragon Close, 

 Twickenham. 



" The Dawn of Life," Dawson, "Zoological Photographs," 

 Hassel, "Guide to the Isle of Wight," Venables, for freshwater 

 or submarine fossil shells. — W. A. Loydell, 20 Stanley Gardens, 

 Ai-ton Vale. 



A valuable collection of British marine, land, and freshwater 

 shells, about 300 specimens, each species in a separate numbered 

 box with detailed catalogue of localities, etc., many rare ; ex- 

 change magic lantern, good flageolet, portrait lens, any photo 

 apparatus, or offers in books on photography or art. — Corkett, 

 Photographic Artist, Soham, Cambs. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 " Report, U.S. Fish Commissioners," vol. for 18S4. — 

 " Hours with a Three-inch Telescope," by Capt. Noble 

 (London: Longman). — "The Garner," vol. for 1886 (London: 

 W. E. Bowes)r — "The Coleoptera of the British Islands," by 

 Rev. W. W. Fowler (London : Reeve & Co.). — " Sonnets on 

 Nature and Science," by S. Jeffreson (London: T. Fisher 

 Unwin). — "Handbook of Practical Botany," (London: Swan, 

 Sonnenschein & Co.). — "The Amateur Photographer." — "The 

 Camera." — "The Garner." — "The Scientific Enquirer." — 

 "The Naturalist." — "The Botanical Gazette." — " Journal of 

 the New York Microscopical Society."— " Belgravia." — "The 

 Gentleman's Magazine." — " American Monthly Microscopical 

 Journal."— " The Essex Naturalist." — " Journal Royal Micro- 

 scopical Society." — " Economical Naturalist." — "The Midland 

 Naturalist." — " Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." — "The 

 American Naturalist." — "Journal of Microscopy." — "Studies 

 in Life and Sense," by Dr. Andrew Wilson (London : Chatto). 



Communications received up to the 13TH ult. from : 

 B.-R. B. C— R. P.— T. W.— A. H.— T. W.— R. C— A W. H. 

 — B. D. J.— W. J. H.— H. M.— G F.. Jun.— H. A. C— C. W.— 

 G. H. W.— G. S. P.-C. H. P.— J. R. C.-C. C. C— W. E. G. 

 -G. E. G.— W. D.— G. H. B.— E. A. S.— A. O.— B. B. W.— 

 W. E. Q.— W. M.— W. H— C. T. M.— G. P.— W. K.— A. P. W. 

 — G. A. B.— R. V. T.— A. B.-J. W. W.— J. W. B.-J. S.— 

 W. W.— T. R.— T. W.— W. L. S— W. I. W.— G. R.— W. C. F. 

 — T. W. W.— B. T.— J. T. F.— R. D. P.— J. A.— F. W. E.— 

 F. L. C— R. W.— W. M. W.— I. W. D. K.— G. I. G.— 

 Rev. S. A. B— A. W. L.— H. W. K.-J. T.— H. H.-C.'P.— 

 B.T.— I. W. O.— W. E. W.— G. P.— Rev. G. B.— G. W. E.— 

 H. J.— G. B.— T. T. R.— F. E.— W. H.— T. D. A. C— R. B.. 

 -N. A. L.-P. F. G.-F. T. C— W. H. L.-C. F.-C. W— 

 J. E. L.— A. P.— W. A. S.— H. W. B.— W. L. M.— &c, &c. 



