ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN. 



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public exhibitions. There is no attempt to spe- 

 cialize in any one line, but goldfishes and exotic 

 fishes are the rule. Meetings are held ever}- 

 second Tuesday, June to August excepted, at the 

 headquarters, Fairchild Building, 702 Fulton 

 Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. The President of the 

 society is Mr. W. F. DeVoe, Baldwin, N. Y. 

 The dues are $2.00 a year. 



Chicago Fish-Fanciers Club. — Organized in 

 February, 191 1, this societj' has twenty-six mem- 

 bers interested in all kinds of aquatic life. 

 Meetings are held twice a month, but no special 

 exhibits have thus far been held. ^Ir. F. S. 

 Young, 128 West 66th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 

 is president. 



AQUARIUM JOURNALS. 



The first American periodical dealing espe- 

 eiallv with this phase of natural history was 

 published by Hugo !Mulertt under the title The 

 Aquirium and made its appearance in Cincin- 

 nati in October, 1888. Two volumes were is- 

 sued as a monthly. Apparently publication was 

 suspended for a couple of years for we find vol- 

 ume III beginning as a quarterly, published in 

 Brooklyn (still under the direction of Mr. 

 Mulertt) in October, 1892. In this form it 

 continued to be issued as a very creditable jour- 

 nal until 1897. 



Since that time there has been no periodical 

 dealing especially with this field until May, 

 1911, there appeared the Brooklyn Aquarium 

 Society Bulletin, issued as a monthly (June to 

 August excepted) and continuing to the present 

 time. 



We are now informed that the New York, 

 Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Chicago Societies 

 have combined in a project to issue a monthly 

 journal, The Aquarium, to be published in Phila- 

 delphia (Innes & Sons, 1311 Sansom Street) at 

 a dollar a year. The editorial staff will be com- 

 posed of members selected from each of the so- 

 cieties. The Brooklyn Aquarium Society Bul- 

 letin will thus be superseded by a journal of 

 much wider scope. There would seem to be 

 ample room for such a periodical, and with the 

 combined support of the various societies there 

 should be nothing to interfere with its success. 



BOOKS FOR THE AQUARIST. 



The aquarium student will naturally be inter- 

 ested in obtaining all the information he can in 

 regard to his animals and plants. For such in- 

 formation he will find it advisable to read widelv. 

 The list of works given below embraces only 

 such as are contained in the New York Aquar- 

 ium libvarj-, all of which can be recommended to 

 the amateur aquarist. Most of those issued by 



American publishing houses are still to be ob- 

 tained from booksellers. A few are out of print, 

 and may be obtained only from second-hand 

 dealers. Some of the older, classical books are 

 included, and a few that deal with the life of 

 animals and plants in fresh and salt waters. 



OLDER WORKS. 



Til'' Aquarium. — An unveiling of the wonders 

 of the deep sea, with colored plates. By Philip 

 Henry Gosse, A.L.A. Van Voorst, London, 

 lS,5t." 



Popular History of the Aquarium of Marine 

 and Fresh Water Animals and Plants. — With 

 colored plates. By G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S. 

 Reeve, London, 1857. 



Ocean Gardens. — The history of the marine 

 aquarium, and the best methods now adopted for 

 its establishment and preservation. With col- 

 ored plates. By H. Noel Humphreys, Samson 

 Low Son & Co., London, 1857. 



The Aquarium Naturalist. — A manual for the 

 seaside, with a chapter on aquaria. Colored 

 plates. By Thos. Rymer Jones, F.R.S. Van 

 ^'^oorst, London, 1858. 



The Fresh and Salt Water Aquarium. — With 

 colored plates. By Rev. J. C. Wood, M.A., 

 F.L.S. Routledge & Sons, London, 1868. 



The Family Aquarium. — The construction, 

 stocking and maintenance of fresh water and 

 marine aquaria. Bj' H. D. Butler, Dick & 

 Fitzgerald, New York, 1858. 



RECENT WORKS. 



Th.e Amateur Aquarist. — How to equip and 

 maintain a self-sustaining aquarium. Illus- 

 trated. By Mark Samuel. Baker & Taylor 

 Co., New York, 189i. 



The Aquarium. — Its inhabitants, structure and 

 management. Illustrated. By J. E. Taylor, 

 Ph.D. New Edition. Grant, Edinburgh, 1901. 



T'le Book of Aquaria. — Being a practical 

 guide to the construction, arrangement and man- 

 agement of fresh water and marine aquaria. Il- 

 lustrated. By the Rev. Gregory C. Bateman, 

 A.K.C., and Reginald A. R. Bennett, M. A. 

 Part I, Fresh Water Aquaria, Part II, Marine 

 Aquaria. Scribner's, New York. 1902. 



The Home Aquarium, and How to Care for 

 It. — A guide to its fishes, and other animals and 

 |ilants, with many illustrations. By Eugene 

 Smith. Duttons, >sew York, 1902. 



The Fresh Water Aquarium and Its Inhabit- 

 ants. — A practical guide, describing especially 

 the plants and animals suitable for aquarium 

 purposes, and with chapters on feeding and fish 

 diseases. Illustrated by E. F. Keller and E. 

 R. Sanborn. B}' O. Eggeling and F. Ehren- 

 berg. Holt & Co., New York, 1908. 



