Dec. 19, 1878] 



NATURE 



^al e bg Auc tion, 



Scientific and Miscellaneous Property. 



Mr. J. C. STEVENS will Sell by Auction, 



at his Great Rooms, 38, King Street, Covent Garden, on FRIDAY and 

 SATURDAY, December 20 and 21, at half-past 12 o'clock precisely 

 each day. Dissolving-view Lanterns and Slides, Microscopes, including 

 a Xo. I large size best Binocular by Swift, with a quantity of expensive 

 apparatus by Ross and Smith and Beck ; Telescopes by Dollond and 

 others, Stereoscopes and Slides, Cameras and Lenses by Rcss, and 

 a lot of Photographic Apparatus, Surgical Instruments, Weighing 

 Machines, Bicycle, a few lots of Music, and a quantity of Miscella- 

 neous Articles. 



On view Morning^ of Sale, and Catalogues had. 



SHEPPEY FOSSILS. 



W. H. SHRUBSOLE, Shhernkss-on-Sha, respectfully intimates that 

 the appeal recently made by him has been so heartily responded to, that he 

 cannot receive any more orders for " extra selected " specimens at present. 



Orders for lor. Collections of 100 "good" specimens can be executed 

 without delay. 



"NOTES OX THE GEOLOGY OF SHEPPEY" post free on appli- 

 cation. 



FERNS, FLOWERS, WILD FLOWERS, 

 GRASSES, &c., &c. 



A Unique Collection of Bntish Botany, artistically mounted on fine 

 cartridge paper, small folio size, with the Latin and English names 

 beautifully written to each specimen. 



There is also a set of Plates to " Sowerby's Botany," bound in 6 vols., 

 Svo, half green morocco ; each plate has a pencil-mark corresponding with 

 the number in the collection, so that a real specimen of any plant, &c., can 

 be seen. 



There are also copies of Ferns and Grasses i.n the same order. 



There are also Valuahle Indexes, &c., &c., in MSS. 



Also a large collection of Poetry relating to different species of Plants, 

 beautifully written in MSS., which would make a handsome volume bound 

 or to publish. 



The whole collection is preserved in twenty-five boxes made specially, 

 some with lock and key. 



It is presumed there is scarcely another collection so artistically preserved 

 extant. 



Price for the whole, 30/. 



J. DODGSON, Bookseller, Leeds. 

 EOZOON CANADENSE. 



JAMES R. GREGORY has just received a large number of very fine 

 Specimens of the above, at all prices ; also Sections of the same, cut for 

 the microscope. Price of Specunens polished, 5^., lar., and upwards. 

 Microscopic Sections, post free, is. 2d. each, of 



JAMES R. GREGORY, 

 GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, 



88, CHARLOTTE STREET, FITZROY SQUARE, 



LOXDOX. 



SCIENTIFIC CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. 



Collections of FOSSILS, ROCKS, or MIXERALS, arranged in Walnut 

 stained and polished Cabinets with Lock and Key. Size of Specimens, 

 2 square inches. 100 Selected, 20s. 200 Selected, 40*. 

 Catalogue free. 

 »,• No charge for packing. Carriage free to all parts of Great Britain. 

 "THE POPULAR SCIEXTIFIC POCKET CABINET SERIES," 



(Second Edition.) 



Gems, Minerals, Metals, Fossils, Rocks, Shells, &c., &c. 25 Specimens 



in Cabinet, is. lod. carriage paid. 



THOMAS J. DOWNING (MINERALOGIST), 



38, WHISKIN STREET, LONDON, E.C. 



ENGRAVINGS AND ELECTROTYPES 



FOR SALE, at prices ranging from is. to lor., in good condition, ready for 

 printing. Small, medium size, and large engravings, comprising a great 

 variety of subjects, suitable for Publishers, Advertisers, and Amateurs. 

 Specimen of anv subject required sent post free on application. 



FACSIMILE OF SIGNATURE for jr. An •xact copy of any name 

 guaranteed. These signatures being engraved in bold relief, are useful for 

 Stamping Books, Circulars, and Documents, or Marking Linen, and made 

 type-high for ordinary Letterpress Printing. 



Sent post free to any address on receipt of 36 stamps. 



75, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.G. 

 ARTISTIC— To Ladies and Gentlemen with 



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 is offered of acquiring the ART of DRAWING and ENGRAVING 

 on WOOD in a thoroughly satisfactory and perfect style. The terms 

 are moderate, and the hours can be made to suit the convenience of 

 pupils. Persons residing in the country can receive full instruction by 

 correspondence. For further particulars call or address Mr. J. Frank- 

 tiN Nash, Artist and Engraver, 75, Fleet Street, London, E.C 



NEW MONTHLY GEOGRAPHICAL 

 PERIODICAL. 



On JANUARY i, 1879, will appear the First Number of a Monthly 



Periodical, entitled 



THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL 



SOCIETY, AND MONTHLY RECORD OF GEOGRAPHY. 



With Maps. 



Edited by H. W. Bates, Assistant-Secretary. 



Contents. 



Opening Address by Sir Rutherford Alcock, K,C.B. 



Fly River, New Guinea. By L. M. D'Albertis. With Map. 



Arctic Expeditions of 1878. By C. R. Markham, C.B. With Map. 



The M>.untain Passes on the Afghan Frontier of British Ind-a. By 



C. R. Markham, C.B. With Map. 

 Geographical Notes. 

 Obituary. 



Report of the Evening Meetings. 

 Proceedings of Foreign Societies. 

 New Books. 

 New Maps. 



Price to Non-Members, zs. 6d. 

 EDWARD STANFORD, 53, Charing Cross. S.W. 



"That excellent periodical The Garden." — Professor Owen. 



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Journal of Gardening in all its Branches. Founded and Conducted by 

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A Coloured Plate is now issued with every number of Tie Garden. 

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 The following are some of the subjects regularly treated of in its pages :— 

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THE ''HANSA," 



Published since 1864, in Hamburg^ is the only independent professional 

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NORTH BRITISH AGRICULTURIST, 



Is the only Agricultural Journal in Scotland, and circulates extensively 

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The AGRICULTURIST has also a very considerable circulation on the 

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The AGRICULTURIST is published every Wednesday afternoon in 

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The Veterinary Department is edited by one of the leading Veterinariani 

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 rearing of animals, and their treatment when labouring under disease. 



Full Reports are given of the Meetings of the Royal Agricultural Society 

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For Advertisers addresang themselves to Fanners a better medium doc» 

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