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THE GUIDE T< ) NATURE 





SOME SPECIMENS OE THE SKILLFUL ART OF THE TAXIDERMIST. 



my privilege and pleasure to visit 

 recently with a camera, is devoted to 

 peace — the beauties and interests of 

 nature and art. It is right to take a 

 few animal lives if thereby humanity 

 shall be educated and uplifted. The 

 butcher feeds our physical being; the 

 taxidermist our mental. Both are 

 right. 



No elaborate catalogues with weary- 

 ing details are supplied to the visitor at 

 the Crane Museum. Objects with their 

 brief labels tell the story. Things 

 always present a clearer and more 

 effective picture than words. So I 

 shall attempt no elaborate description 

 of the museum, but let my lenses bring 

 to you the story of its most noticeable 

 objects. Weeks and months of camera 

 and notebook would not do justice to 

 them all. In any department the most 

 devoted student might come time and 

 time again and still find material for 

 thought. 



If my selection of subjects shall be 

 criticised by the donor of the museum, 

 or by others familiar with its contents, 

 as not the best for publication, then 

 all I can say is without apology that I 

 took the subjects that most interested 

 me. 



I went alone, yes, even in the hours 



