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HARD WICKE ' S S CIE JVC E- GO SSI P. 



Science-Gossip, 1865-68, 1870, 1883-85. " Midland Natural- 

 ist," 1884-85. Exchange for Cooke's " Rust, Smut, Mildew, and 

 Mould," books on lichens and mosses,' or botanical micro slides. 

 — Musson, 23 Mapperley Hill, Nottingham. 



Wanted, Savile Kent's "Manual of the Infusoria." Other 

 works in exchange. — C. L. Lord, 34 Burlington Crescent, Goole. 

 Wanted, first-class slides of Algae, fungi, eggs of insects, 

 selected diatoms, spines of Echini, etc. Will give well-mounted 

 insect preparations in exchange. — C. Collins, Bristol House, 

 Harlesden, N.W. 



Wanted, the rarer species and local varieties of British land 

 and freshwater shells. Will give in exchange good specimens 

 of Pis. pusillum, nitidum, and roscum. L. glutinosa, Limax 

 IcFvis, Test, haliotidea, H. pygmeea, V. antivertigo, B. per- 

 versa, CI. biplicata, and Cock, tridens. — F. Fenn, 20 Wood- 

 stock Road, Bedford Park. Chiswick, W. 



Will exchange for shells or butterflies: "The Field Natu- 

 ralist's Handbook " (Wood & Wood, pub. 5J.) ; " Notes on 

 Collecting and Preserving Natural History Specimens," illus- 

 trated (Taj lor, new ed., pub. y. 6d.) : " Collector's Handbook" 

 (J. Nave, plates) ; " The Aquarium " (Taylor, new ed., 1884) ; 

 C. Lyell's " Elements of Geology ;" perfectly clean, not the 

 least soiled. — James Taylor, Duke of York Hotel, Eccles. 



Offers requested for good 10-keyed B-flat clarinet; con- 

 certina preferred. — Florisborne, Stevenage, Herts. 



" Half-hours in the Green Lanes," Taylor; " Gamekeeper 

 at Home," Jefferies ; vols, i.-iv. " Popular Educator ;" first 

 seven parts of Cassell's "European Butterflies and Moths;" 

 first sixteen "European Ferns;" first fourteen "Natural His- 

 tory." Offers or good botanical lens. — A. Pharaoh, Braintree, 

 Essex. 



Baines' " Yorkshire Past and Present," 2 vols., gilt edges, 

 full bound, scarlet leather, gilt extra, plates, etc., in perfect con- 

 dition. Wanted in exchange, Beale's "Protoplasm," Frey's 

 "Manual of Histology," Huxley's " Lay Sermons," Cooke's 

 " British Fungi," or Cole's " Studies," with slides, for 1883 and 

 1884, or offers. — G. Swainson, no Park Road, Bolton. 



Will send list of recent school-books in proposed exchange 

 for good diatom slides and micro fungi, etc. — G. Swainson, 

 210 Park Road, Bolton. 



Wanted, some good specimens of glass rope sponge {Euplec- 

 tella aspergillum and cummer), varieties of coral, and curious 

 foreign shells. Particulars to I. J. J., 16 Waterloo Road 

 North, Wolverhampton. 



Wanted, Darwin's "Origin of Species" and "Descent of 

 Man," Spencer's "Principles of Biology" and "Study of 

 Sociology," Huxley's "Lay Sermons." — W. R. Hopkins, 

 33 St. Botolph's, Colchester. 



Wanted, plant remains from any formation in exchange for 

 other fossils, from Chalk, Greensand, etc. Send list. — George 

 E. East, jun., 10 Basinghall Street, London, E.C. 



Wanted, good land and freshwater shells (British) in ex- 

 change for " Ants, Bees, and Wasps," by Sir John Lubbock. — 

 Robert Cairns The Grove, Currier Lane, Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Wanted, macro and micro Lepidoptera, also books on beetles, 

 bees, spiders, etc. — W. Macmillan, Castle Cory, Somer-et. 



Offered, L. C, 2, 104, 130 b, 130 c, 136, 146, 226, 237, 239, 

 3*3j 399» 611, 817, 831, 912, 999, 1014, 1015, 1141, 1304, 1321, 

 1349, 1483, 1504, 1519, 1630, 1654. See also former numbers of 

 this paper. Many desiderata. — W. S. Harrison, 15 Park Place 

 East, Sunderland. 



ino fossils, 250 species, from various formations, offered for 

 electrical apparatus. Suitable for science teacher. — J. A. Har- 

 greaves, Baildon Woodbottom, Shipley, Yorkshire. 



For exchange, Rennie's " Field Naturalist," vol. i., 1833-34 '. 

 twelve numbers of Newman's "Entomologist," 1872-73. Wanted, 

 Dr. Cooke's "Ponds and Ditches," Nicholson's "Advanced 

 Zoology," Buckland's "British Fishes," or botanical collecting 

 case. — T. J. Porter, Perranarworthal, Cornwall. 



Wanted, perfectly fresh specimens of CEcidium composi- 

 tartdn on the leaves of the coltsfoot, and of CEcidium borberi- 

 dis on the leaves of the barberry. Exchange, micro slides. 

 Before sending, communicate with A. J. Doherty, 33 Burling- 

 ton Street, Manchester. 



Wanted, botflies [CEstrus boris and CEstnis oris), with the 

 larva; and pupae preserved in acetic acid or spirit, or mounted, 

 in exchange for rare Acari, Foraminifera, and other micro slides. 

 — H. E. Freeman, 60 Plimsoll Road, Finsbury Park, N. 



Helix Skinneri, H. Waltoni, H. Rivoiii, Cyclop/writs men- 

 kiana, C. annulata, Cataulus decorus, C. Templemanii, and 

 many other land shells from Cevlon. State offers in foreign 

 shells or continental fossils. — Miss Linter, Arragon Close, 

 Twickenham. 



Can offer sections of clematis, stained six different colours, 

 also about three dozen varieties of animal hair, and about one 

 dozen varieties of feathers, brilliant natural colours, in exchange 

 for slides or unmounted objects. — A. Harvey Williams, H>the, 

 Kent. 



Wanted, egg cabinet. Will exchange cylinder electric 

 machine in case, 2 quart Leyden jars, discharging rod, etc.— 

 E. J- Towill, 5 Alexander Road, Hoylake. 



Five vols, of Jardine's " Naturalist's Library," with coloured 

 plates complete, in exchange for any one vol. of Wood's 

 " Natural History." — J. H. K.., 18 Church Street, Commercial 

 Street, E. 



Wanted, books on science, natural history, sports and 

 pastimes, or good illustrated books, in exchange for valuable 

 architectural works. Returnable list sent. — P. Payne, The 

 Borough, Hinckley. 



Several hundred odd numbers of " English Mechanic " be- 

 tween 324 and 938, and wish to exchange two of them for one 

 No. 1 of the "Northern Microscopist," or reply paid offers.— 

 Whitmar-.h, Wilton. 



Wanted, good works on "china marks," in exchange for 

 British land and fre.-hwater shells (also a few marine), North. 

 American shells, green-house exotic ferns, blooming plants (not 

 bedding), and the finest varieties of the cactus tribe, and 

 fossils. — E. R. F., 82 Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent. 

 • "The Ocean," P. H. Gosse, and "The Natural History of 

 Selborne," Gilbert White (both new). What offers in micro 

 slides or material ? — C. H. O., 51 Melbourne Grove, S.E. 



Wanted, Carpenter's or Beale's " Microscope Manual." 

 Exchange only. Cassell's "European Ferns," handsomely 

 bound, value 22J. 6d., or 3 vols. "Amateur Work," value 

 31J. 6d. — Mr. Ebbage, 165 Hagley Road, Birmingham. 



Good octagon aquarium, siate bottom, in good condition, 

 size about 18 in. by 15 in. ; will exchange for good microscopic 

 objects or unmounted material, or offers. No books. — R. Mason, 

 24 Park Road, Clapham, S.W. 



Wanted, to correspond with a worker in marine Polyzoa and 

 Hydrozoa. — Geo. Merritt, 282 Commercial Road, London, E. 



For exchange, Joseph's "A. B.C." water-testing apparatus 

 (12J. 6d.), with pamphlet, most interesting; will take Cooke's 

 "British Fungi," back numbers of Science-Gossip— 1884, 1885 

 especially — or well-mounted micro slides. — H.W. Case, Cotham, 

 Bristol. 



Wanted, clutches of British birds' eggs, especially from 

 remote districts.— W. ,K. Mann, Wellington Terrace, Clifton, 

 Bristol. 



Wanted, very old collections of foreign postage stamps ; 

 natural history specimens offered in exchange. — W. K. Mann, 

 Wellington Terrace, Clifton, Bristol. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 

 "Bees and Bee-Keeping : Scientific and Practical," vol. i., 

 by F. R. Cheshire (London: L. Upcott Gill).— " Outlines of 

 Geology," by Dr. James Geikie (London: Ed. Stanford). — 

 " Upland and Meadow," by Dr. C. C Abbott (London : 

 Sampson Low & Co.)—" British Fungi," by the Rev. James 

 Stevenson (London and Edinburgh : W. Blackwood & Sons). 

 — "Our Island Continent," by Dr. J. E. Taylor (London: 

 S. P. C. K.).— "The Naturalist's Diary," by Charles Roberts 

 (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.). — "The Young Collector: 

 Seaweeds, Shells, and Fossils," by Peter Gray and B. B. 

 Woodward. — "English Coins and Tokens," by St. Jewill and 



B. V. Head (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.). — "Official 

 Year-Book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great 

 Britain" (London: Charles Griffin & Co.). — "Malvern: its 

 Flowers, Ferns, Butterflies, Minerals, Fossils, and Birds," by 



C. E. Mackie (Malvern : "Advertiser" Office). — " Photography 

 for Amateurs," by T. C. Hepworth (London : Cassell & Co.). 

 — "TheRotifera,"by Dr. C. T. Hudson and P. H. Gosse, part 

 iii. (London: Longmans & Co.). — "British Petrography," by 

 J. J. Harris Teall, part iv. (Birmingham: Watson Bros.). — 

 " Sixteenth Annual Report, Wellington College Nat. Science 

 Society." — " Proceedings of Royal Society of Tasmania for 

 18S5." — " Transactions of Hertfordshire Nat. Hist. Society." — 

 "The Fungi of the North of Ireland," by H. W. Lett.— 

 "Brooks' Popular Botany," No. 1. — "Journal of the Royal 

 Microscopical Society" (April).— " The Scientific Enquirer," 

 May.—" The Hooder Naturalist."—" The Garner," May.— 

 "The Asclepiad." — "The Canadian Entomologist." — "The 

 Botanical Gazette." — " Ben Brierley's Journal." — " Illustrated 

 Science Monthly." — " Revista Scientifica," Porto. — "Journal 

 of the New York Microscopical Society." — "Science." — " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia." — 

 " Le Monde de la Science." — "American Monthly Micro- 

 scopical Journal." — "The Midland Naturalist."— "Feuille des 

 Jeunes Naturalistes."— "The Naturalist."— " Journal of the 

 Quekett Microscopical Club."— "The American Naturalist." 

 — &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the 13TH ult. from: 

 H. C.— W. A. G.-F. B.— J. E. L.-C. P.— C. J. J.-C. L. L. 

 — G. S. T.-C. T. M.— G. E. M.— P. E. D.-S. H. D.— 

 W. H. R.— A. C— J. P. G.-F. H.— H. D.-O. R.-J. P.— 

 H. A. C— J. M— F. W.— W. K. M.— W. C. G.— W. B. C— 

 H. P. D.— J. H.— W. F. jun.— J. H. L.— T. H. B.— F. F.— 

 J. P. F.-H. D.-W. T. C— J. W. VV.-J. J. A.— C. C. jun.— 

 H. E.— A. H.-C. C.-W. S.— J. T.-F. H. W.-E. H.— 

 C. S. S.— H. L. C— W. M. W — R. I. W.— E. R. F. -C. H. O. 

 -E.-A. M. S. W.— W. W.— E. J. T.— P. P.-G. E. M.— 

 I. H. K.— W. G. W.— M. H. A. -A. W. S.— W. I. V.— 

 T. T. P-— I- A. H.-C. C. S.— W. M.— T. D. A. C-R. S. W. 

 _K. c.— W. S. H.-I. J. T.-J. J. G.-G E. E.— W. R. S.— 

 G. S— A. H. W.— A. R. W.— H. E. F. A. B.— A. P.— A. J. D. 

 _W. s.— T. C. H.-R. M.— T. F.— C. W.— D. E. P.— W. M. 

 — T. W. S.— J. R. &c &c. &c. 



