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plied to, has not the " Entomologist's Annual" in stock, 

 perhaps he has not even heard that there is such a publica- 

 tion,— and is it natural that he should be at the trouble of 

 specially procuring from London a book which he fears he 

 may never sell ? for the party applying for it at the time is 

 a perfect stranger to him and may never enter his shop 

 again ; the applicant, on the other hand, does not like the 

 notion of making a deposit beforehand of the price of the 

 book, and so we lose a reader and our friend misses the in- 

 struction he was anxious to obtain. 



I hope that all who wish for any information on Entomo- 

 logical subjects will still, without hesitation, continue to apply 

 to me. 



H. T. STAINTON. 



MOUNTSFIELD, LEWISHAM, 



December ±th, 1856. 



