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of animals than either of the above. It is a most useful and 

 valuable work. 



Woodward's " Manual of the Mollusca." Weale, London, 

 1856. 1 vol., 12mo. Indispensable to all collectors 

 of shells. Price 6s. 6d. 

 Darwin's " Naturalist's Voyage round the World." Murray, 



London. 1 vol., 12mo, 9s. 



A charming book, which cannot fail to fascinate and instruct 

 all who read it, and to inculcate habits of observation. 



" The Microscope and its Eevelations." By W. B. Car- 

 penter, M.D. Churchill, London, 1856. 1 vol. 12mo, 

 12s. 6d. 



Most serviceable to all who use the microscope, and study 

 the objects to which it is applicable, 



" Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopaedia : Birds," by W. Swainson. 

 2 vols. 9s. "Fishes, Amphibians, and Keptiles," by 

 the same. 2 vols. 9s. 



These volumes will be found very useful for the particular 

 subjects on which they treat; though the writer's theory of 

 arrangement has few followers. For the most generally 

 adopted arrangement of fish, see 



" Encyclopedia Britannica," 8th edition, vol 12, 1856, 

 article Ichthyology. The two parts containing this 

 can be had for 12s. 



" Natural History of the European Seas." By Messrs. 



Edward Forbes and Godwin- Austen. Van Voorst, 



London, 1859. 12mo, 6s. 

 A suggestive book for Mediterranean voyagers. 



AIDS FOE COLLECTING. 



The following simple outfit will enable any one to make 

 large collections of specimens : 



A dredge. 



A towing net. 



Glass bottles, such as empty pickle and preserve bottles ; 

 the wider in the mouth the better. 



Smaller glass bottles, such as homoeopathic bottles, or 

 bottles of similar size, made out of glass tubing, and fitted 

 with corks. 



One or two pairs of small forceps, for picking up minute 

 objects. 



