A VETERAN NATURALIST 



BEING THE LIFE AND WORK OF 



W. B- TEGETMEIER 



By E. W. RICHARDSON 



With an Introduction by the late SIR WALTER GILBEY, Bart. 



WITH PORTRAITS AND MANY OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 Demy 8vo. Cloth lOs. net. 



nPHE " Life" of the man who collaborated with Darwin ; 

 discovered the cylindrical origin of the bee's cell ; inaugurated 

 the first Pigeon Flight in England ; witnessed operations before 

 chloroform was known ; helped to found the Savage Club, 

 and who lived through five reigns, can scarce fail to be of 

 absorbing interest. 



The wide scope and almost universal appeal of this 

 delightful " Life" are indicated by the following list of a 

 few typical Persons and Subjects dealt with therein : — 



PERSONS :-King Edward VII. ; George III. ; Queen Charlotte; 

 Darwin ; Huxley ; Sala ; Lubbock ; Lewis Carroll ; Maeterlinck ; Sir 

 Walter Gilbey ; Shelley ; Cruickshank ; Dore ; W. S. Gilbert : the 

 Broughs ; Frank Buckland ; Dr. Wallace ; Tom Hood, Jr. ; Henry 

 Irving; Seymour Haydn ; Victor Hugo ; Pinero ; Penley ; Captain 

 Scott ; J. L. Toole : Artemus Ward ; Tom Robertson : Whistler ; 

 Herkomer ; Sir C. Wyndham ; Yarrell ; Edmund Yates ; Harrison 

 Weir ; Frank Vizctelly ; Mrs. Lynn Linton ; Kemble ; Jenner ; 

 German Reed ; Mrs. Keeley ; Millais, and many other interesting 

 personalities. 



EVENTS :— The Siege of Paris ; the First Pigeon Flight in England ; 

 Use of Carrier- Pigeons for Lightships ; the Discovery of the Cylin- 

 drical Origin of the Bee's Cell ; Co-operation with Charles Darwin ; 

 Long connexion with the Field; Introduction of Anesthetics and 

 Automobiles; the Flogging and Execution of Criminals in Public; 

 the Introduction of Decimal Coinage in England ; of Cottages for 

 Labourers ; of Balloon Post and " Pigeongrams " ; the Extinction 

 of Garrotters. 



SUBJECTS :—Axolotls ; Aeroplanes; Bees; Burglars; Cock-fighting; 

 Mendelism ; Mesmerism ; Mail Coaches ; Micro-photography ; 

 Newgate Prison ; Okapi ; Pallas's Sand-Grouse ; Pheasants and Game 

 Preserving ; Pij^eons ; Poultry ; the Savage Club ; Snakes and 

 Vipers ; Sparrows ; " Wireless " ; Zebras. 



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