HOME TAXIDERMY F ^ D p ^IFx RE 



A Guide for those who wish to prepare and mount animals, reptiles, 

 etc., for home, den or office decoration. 



THE author, Mr. Albert B. Farnham, in the 

 Introduction, among other things says: 

 "This volume of the Pleasure and Profit 

 Library is offered to the hunter, trapper, fisher, 

 vacationist and out-of-door people in general. In 

 the study and practice of taxidermy for several 

 years I have failed to find any work written pri- 

 marily for these every day nature lovers, though 

 they probably handle a greater number of inter- 

 esting specimens of wild animal lite than ail 

 other classes of people. Thoroughness, patience 

 and some love for nature are qualities highly de- 

 sirable in this art. Work prepared by one 

 possessing these qualities need not be ashamed, 

 and practice will bring skill and perfection. 

 ^ a iiandicraft in which the workman has not been displaced or 

 made secondary by a machine, taxidermy is noticeable also, and for 

 many reasons is worthy of its corner in the home work-shop. In this 

 work the ladies can take a very effective hand, and numbers have 

 done so; for there is no doubt that a woman's taste and lightness of 

 touch enables her in some branches of taxidermy to far excel! the 

 average man. Especially in the manipulation of frail skins and deli- 

 cate feathers, in bird taxidermy is this so." 



This practical book contains 246 pages, 107 illustrations, 31 chap- 

 ters, and is by far the best way to learn taxidermy and at a cost 

 trifling compared to Correspondence Schools and much less than any 

 reliable book on the subject. Read the chapter headings and note 

 how thorough the book is: 



I. History of the Art. 

 II. Outfits Tools and Material. 



III. Preservative Preparations, 



Formu'as, etc. 



IV. Panels, Shields and Natu- 



ral and Artificial Mounts. 

 V. Field Work, Collecting. 

 VI. Skinning: and Preserving 



Skins. 

 VII. Making Scientific Skins. 



XVI. Mounting Heads of Small 

 Animals, Birds and Fish. 

 XVII. Mounting Heads of Large 



Game. 



XVIII. Mounting Horns and Ant- 

 lers. 



XIX. Mounting Feet and Hoofs. 

 XX. Mounting Fish. 

 XXI. Mounting Fish Baumgartel 



Method. 



XXII. Mounting Reptiles, Frogs 

 Toads. 



XXIII. Skulls and Skeletons. 



XXIV. Sportsmen's Trophies. 

 XXV. Odds and Ends, Taxidermy 



Novelties. 



XXVI. Groups and Grouping. 

 XXVII. Animal Anatomy. 

 XXVIII. Casting and Modelling. 

 XXIX. Market Trophy Hunting. 

 XXX. Collecting and Mounting for 



Sale. 



XXXI. Prices for Work. 

 Taxidermy te a pleasant and profitable business and can be learned 

 at home from simply reading and following instruction given in my 

 book HOME TAXIDERMY FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. This 

 book is just as reliable and practical as others of Harding's Pleasure 

 and Profit Books, for the author knows taxidermy from A to Z. 

 Price, postpaid, cloth bound, to any address, $1.50 



VIII. Preparing Skins for 



Mounting. 



IX. Mounting Small and Me- 

 dium Birds. 



X. Mounting Large Birds. 

 XI. Tanning, Cleaning and 



Poisoning Skins. 

 XII. Making Animal Fur Rugs. 



XIII. Fur Robes and How to 



Make Them. 



XIV. Mounting Entire Small 



Animals. 

 XV. Mounting Large Animals. 



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