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. 



HTHE " 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 live 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 ; Crulckshank ; 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 Vizetelly ; 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 Anaesthetics 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 ; Mall Coaches ; Micro-photography ; 

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

 Preserving ; Pigeons ; Poultry ; the Savage Club ; Snakes and 

 Vipers ; Sparrows ; " Wireless " ; Zebras. 



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