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HA RD WICKE'S SCIENCE- G OSSIP. 



"Popular Science Review" and "Intellectual Observer. 

 Any possessor of the above (complete sets) and willing to depose 

 of same, please write to— F. R. Brokenshire, 24 Oxford Terrace, 

 Exeter. 



Wanted, any works of Swift, Poe, Balzac, Pope, Browning, 

 Daudet, Swinburne, Matthew Arnold, Landor, and Meredith, 

 in exchange for "Nature," vol. xxxi. 1884: "Knowledge, 



; ""Science' for" All," vol. i. ; "Geological Magazine," 

 1884-1886; "Cricket," 1886; and other natural history and 

 geological works. For list, apply to— W. G. Spencer, The 

 Fosse, Leicester. 



Duplicate eggs for exchange : lesser redpoles, sedge warbler, 

 lesser whitethroats, chaffinch, greenfinch, whitethroats, may be 

 had in clutches, some with nests; carrion crows, rooks, tree 

 pipits, sand martins, moorhens, partridges, ringdove, teals from 

 Thorne Moor, Yorkshire, and kestrel. Desiderata, numerous in 

 British birds' eggs.— E. G. Potter, 19 Price Street, York. 



Wanted, a secondhand pine cabinet to hold 1000 slides. — 

 W. Grierson, Owens College, Manchester. 



Wanted, W. B. Carpenter's "The Microscope and its Reve- 

 lations" (4th or sth edition).— H., Norfolk Villa, Hyde Road, 

 Eastbourne. 



Wanted, batches of Helices nenwralis and hortensis, alive 

 or dead, from all parts of Great Britain ; exchange, Unio niar- 

 garitifer.—V,. Hudson, M.CS-, 5 Westbourne Grove, Coatham, 

 Redcar. 



Offered, L. C, 8th ed., 123, 135, 144, 297, 59°. 635, 899, 

 119S, 1417, 1620, etc. ; many desiderata.— \V. A. Clarke, The 

 Grove, Chippenham, Wilts. 



Good cabinet of micro slides (all first-class mounts), six dozen 

 in all; the list comprises the following: Diatomaceap, Poly- 

 cystinse, Echinodtrmata, Polyzoa, Spicula, and botanical sec- 

 tions, mostly double-stained ; full catalogue sent on application. 

 — W. M. Ranson, The Cottage, Priory Road, Anfield, Liver- 

 pool. 



Microscopic slides, miscellaneous, unmounted material, and 

 turntable. Wanted, a permanent horse-shoe magnet, about 

 7 in. or 8 in. legs, for electro magneto machine, or other offers. 

 — p'. Kilgour, 2 Ogilvie's Road, Dundee, N.B. 



Naturalists having duplicates would aid in the spread of 

 natural history if they send specimens for a " Boys' Museum " 

 in a London Board School.— W. E. Watkins, Board School, 

 Station Road, Highbury, London, N. 



Wanted, specimens of quartzite from various formations, 

 with or without fossils.— A. T. Evans, 171 Cooksey Road, Small 

 Heath, Birmingham. 



Wanted, all kinds of insects, whole (except butterflies), 

 either fresh-caught or preserved in weak spirit and glycerine : 

 also foraminiferous material, containing a lar^e number of 

 species of British forams, in exchange for micro fungi. For 

 particulars apply to— W. H. Pratt, 49 Dryden Street, Notting- 



Wanted, vols, xv.-xvii. of Science-Gossip ; also Charles 

 Darwin's "Origin of Species."— L. Francis, 16 Wansey Street, 

 Walworth, S.E. 



Wanted, stand condensor for microscope, or any other 

 microscopic apparatus.— L. Francis, 16 Wansey Street, Wal- 

 worth Road, London, S.E. 



Valuable collection of carboniferous limestone fossils ; also 

 interesting series of lias and oolite fossils for disposal. Wanted, 

 early "Journals of Geological Society," lias gasteropoda, or 

 offers.— E. Wilson, F.G.S., 2 The Polygon, Clifton, Bristol. 



Dionysius's " Geography," poetical, with Latin translation, 

 notes, 16 maps. etc. ; maps delineating the Great African lakes, 

 recently discovered. Wells, 1761. Wanted, botanical slides, 

 microscopic, or offers.— J. Wallis, 50 High Street, Deal. 



"Midland Naturalist," complete.to end of 1886; wants and 

 offers as above.— E. Wilson, F.G.S., 2 The Polygon, Clifton, 

 Bristol. 



Wanted, vols. i. and ii. of "Quarterly Journal of Micro- 

 scopy."— L. Francis, 16 Wansey Street, Walworth Road, S.E. 



Wanted, many species of British birds' eggs not in collection, 

 in clutches only, with full data, for good clutches of curlew, etc. 

 Tom Brown, Auchenhessnane, Penpont, Dumfriesshire. 



What offers for longitudinal and transverse sections of Rhy- 

 some of Pteris? Wanted, toads or frogs.— Richard Tomlins, 

 36 High Street, Gosport, Hants. 



A few specimens of Carnelian arrow tips from Arabia, de- 

 scribed in Science-Gossip for May 1886, for exchange.— 

 Edward Lovett, West Burton House, Croydon. 



"Year Book of Facts of Science and Art," for the years 

 1839-1853, including the extra volume for 1851 of the Great 

 Exhibition, also for the years 1858-1861 ; will exchange for 

 microscopical accessories.— W. Turner, 89 Terminus Road, 

 Eastbourne, Sussex. 



Will any conchological collector in Malta oblige by ex- 

 changing shells with— E. B. F., 82 Abbey Street, Faversham, 

 Kent, England. 



Will any collector resident in London assist a beginner to 

 name his small collection of European landshells ? Duplicates 

 would be gladly given in return for the service asked. — Lt.-Col. 

 G. Parry, 48 Duke Street, St. James's. 



Offered, variety of chemical apparatus and books or micro- 

 slides. Waited, lantern transparencies, coloured or plain. — 

 H. W. Case, Cotham, Bri.-tol. 



Wanted, insects' eggs and moths' and butterflies' eggs, both 

 opaque and in liquid. Will give in exchange micro fungi spores 

 from the white poplar leaf.— John Longstaff, King's Arms 

 Terrace, Caldmore, Walsall. 



Wanted, any odd parts of Brown's " Fossil Conchology," 

 also any parts of " British Organic Remains." State require- 

 ments.— Geo. E. East, jun., 10 Basinghall Street, London, E.C. 



For exchange, rare land shells from Ceylon ; also new species 

 of Bulimus from Mount Roraima. Offers solicited.— Miss 

 Linter, Arragon Close, Twickenham. 



Wanted, British and foreign shells. Can offer in exchange 

 good foreign stamps.— Thomas W. Reader, 171 Hemingford 

 Road, London, N. 



British Lepidoptera, rare and well-set specimens ; also about 

 50 species of American and Indian eggs. Wanted, British 

 eggs. — Thomas H. Hedworth, Dunston, Gateshead. 



For exchange, a collection of fossils, including fine series of 

 flint and greensand species, and also some Canadian silurian. — 

 J. A. Floyd, 18 Whiting Street, Bury St. Edmunds. 



For exchange, Unio margaritifer, By. tentaculatci, P. com- 

 planatus, H. ?icmoralis, hortensis, and ericetonim. Deside- 

 rata: U. pictorum, L. auricularia, H. revelata, piscina, obvo- 

 tuta, B. montanus, C. Rolphii, biplicata, Cy. elegans, and 

 many others.— T. A. Lofthouse, 67 Grange Road, Middlesbro . 



For exchange, silurian, carboniferous limestone, lias, and 

 cretaceous fossils; also Irish and other minerals. — M., Culver 

 Lodge, Acton Vale, London, W. 



Wanted, Diatoms and Polycystina, unmounted, in exchange 

 for mounted slides, really good.— Thomas Groves, Kilburra 

 Dispensary, N.W. 



Herring gull, alive. What offers ? Wanted good seaweed 

 album with or without named specimens. Will exchange 

 Dasya arbuscula, or other algae, for Padina pavonia. J. W. 

 Etherington, 4 Hyde Road, Eastbourne. 



Offered, L. C, 8th ed., so5, 51, 288, 385, 661, 662, 663, 

 863</, 869, 873, 945, 993, 1076c, 1431, 1461, 1507, 1517. i5'9» 

 1524, 1585/', 16141$, i6i6/>, 1616c, 1617, 1665, &c, in exchange 

 for other less common British plants. Exchange lists with 

 Dr. Davidson, Sanguhar, N.B. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED." 



" Heroes of Science. Physcists," by William Garnett, M.A., 

 D.C.L. (London: S. P. C. K.).— "Euclid Revised. Books 

 1 and 2," by R. C. J. Mixon, M.A. (Oxford: at the Clarendon 

 p reS s). — " Fourth Report of the United States Entomological 

 Commission, on the Cotton Worm and Boll Worm," by Charles 

 V. Riley, Ph.D. (Washington: Government printing office). — 

 " United States Fish Commission. Report for 1883" (Washing- 

 ton).—" Smithsonian Report" for 1884 (Washington).— "My 

 Voyage to the Cape," by W. Clark Russell (London : Chatto 

 & Windus).— "How to use our Eyes," by John Browning. 

 Fourth edition (London: Chatto & Windus).— "Journal of 

 Royal Microscopical Society " (October).— Cole's " Studies 

 in Microscopical Science." — "The Rochester^ Naturalist' 



— " Journal of the New York Microscopical Society." - 

 " Belgravia."— " The Gentleman's Magazine."—" Le Mond 



~elg. — . 

 de la Science."—" American Monthly Microscopical Journal." 

 — "The Midland Naturalist."— " Feuille des Jeunes Natu- 

 ralistes."— " The American Naturalist."— &c. &c. 



Communications received up to the 13TH ult. from : 

 Dr. P. Q. K.-G. F. B., jun.-J. M.-F. G.-W. J. N.— 

 G. K. G.-J. L. M.-C P.-G. H. M.-J. W.-H. M.-E. L. 

 -F. D.— Dr. J. W. W.-J. N. Y.-W. D.— J. H. N.— 

 C W M.-C. D. S.— Dr. K.— W. H.-Rev. W. W. F.— 

 I. B. M.— J. P.-G. A. N.-M. E. T.-J. R.-J. B.-P. Q. K. 

 -F. S., iun.-D. M. H.-J. B. M.-A. P.-E. H. R.— 

 D. A. K.-G. R.-G. R.-R. J. U.-E. H.-T. W.-S. A. B. 

 -W. E. S.-Dr. A.-C F. W.— W. L. A. C.-P. K.-W. S— 

 w . G . W.— J. S.-F. R. B.-C. E. G.-E. G. P.— W. G.— 

 W H— B H.— W. A. C— W. M. R.— F. L.— W. H. B.— 

 W ' E W -E. A. S.— A. P.-T. E. M.— W. G. S.— T. W. W.— 

 T C S — E. W.— J. W. W.-J. W. E.— D. W.— J. W. P. K.— 

 H. M. A.-R. H. W.-W. H. P.-L. F.-A. T. E.-I. G— 

 T W . R.— T. A. F.— T. H. H.— E. B. F.-G. A. N.— M.— 

 t' W . O.— W. T.-I. H. B.— P. T.— E. L.— T. B.-H. W L. 

 _T. W.— G. P.— T. J. P.— G. E. E., jun.— J. E. L.— T. A. L. 

 J. L. H. W. C.-R. D.-Z. R.-H. N.-J. T. M.-T. G— 

 H. W. B.-J. E.— H. W.— G. A. N— E. A. S.— &c. &c. 



