THL MUSEUM, 



ARTISTIC and SCIENTIFIC 



Taxidermy and IModelling. 



A manual of instruction in the methods of preserving and reproducing the 

 correct form of all natural objects, including a chapter on the modelling of foliage 

 by Montagul Brown, F. G. S. F. L. S. &c. 



This excellent work which has but recently been issued is Svo cloth and con- 

 tains 463 pages. 



It is absolutely indispensible to cilery Taxidniiiisf who wishes to do extra nice 

 work. You know a really nice piece of work is the best advertisement a taxidermist 

 has. New discoveries are constantly being made in this as well as other lines and 

 you must "keep up with the procession" or you will surely get behind. 



Note some of the contents: 



Chapter 1 coQtains the iQti'odnction the origiu ami progress of Taxidermy, devoting 18 

 pages to the historical side of the subject. 



Chapter 3 de.scribes the tools used in Taxidermy and Modelling, giving a photo engi-aved 

 plate of 55 kinds. 



Chapter 3 is one of the most important, to many, iu the liook eontaiuit>g full instnuiinus 

 ou making Narcotising, Killing and Preservative niediuiii-!. &c. Seventy pages fnll of inform- 

 ation which any Taxidermist would quickly give $10 for alotie we are sinv. Kisrhl.ytive fm-- 

 mulas for making almost everything one is apt to need iu mounting anv Natural History objeet. 



Chapter 4 contains minute instructions fi>r collecting Mammals, Birds and otiier verte- 

 brates and invertebrates. Very instructive to any who slioot. 



Chapters. Sixty pages is devoted to the skinning and setting up of Mammals liy ordin- 

 ary methods also their reproduction by casting and niodelling in paper Horned Heads, the 

 preparation of skeletons and the Tanning of skins. 



Chapter contains 50 pages on skinning and setting up birds, the cleaning of feathers, 

 luaking a 'skin," mounting with either hard or soft bodies, modeling and sotting up of birds on 

 Scientihc Principles, Relaxings of skins itc 



Chapter 7 treats of Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes, shinning of, and setting up of. by 

 various methods that are conceded to be the best at th'i present d ly, R iprodiicfion in Planter 

 by various methods. Over 70 pages are devoted to above, a large part of which relates to Fish. 



Chapter 8 treats of Invertebrates as the casting of a Sepia, the casting and modelling of a 

 caterpillar, making a model of a block of stone showing fossils, etc 



Chapter !) is given up to casting and modeling from natural foliage, 11 wers. fruits, alga' 

 fungi, etc, and their reprodution in practically indestructible materials Eighty-live pages are 

 devoted to these important topics. Many more valuable recipes given. 



Chapter 10 devotes about 50 pages to the mounting of animals and birds singly and in 

 groups in an artistic manner with modeled rockwork, trees, &c., natural gr.asses, ferus, luoss- 

 es, seaweeds, &c, and modelled foliage. How to make rock work, trees, Arc. 



The whole is concluded with a Bibliography of works treating wholly or in part on Tax- 

 idermy. 



(Juite a large number of fine half-tone full page plates are shown, making the work attrac- 

 tive. 



We believe the above work will (ill a long felt want and in some ca.ses open up to the Tax- 

 idermist new fields of labor which he is sure to find profitalile. Coming as it does from across 

 the ocean, being published by Adams & Black of London, Naturalists (ran rest assured it con- 

 tains the latest and inost reliable information on a sub,ject that today ranks as one of the line 

 arts. The time is fast approaching when we shall have reallij nolcd TAXtHERStisTs as we have 

 artists and sculpters of world wide fame. And it will only be those who eagerly rea?h out 

 after all new f..ct« ^,nd quickly utilize them, that will reach the top. 



Our Special Offer: To every on.- who wm send us .$6.50 for a copy before June 

 30, 1897, we will present free a years subscription to the Museom and one of our Handy Or- 

 nitliologist and Oologists Manuals. These arc all "indispensible" to every active collector. 



Address at once, 



WALTER F. WEBB, IMgr., Albion, N. Y. 



