156 ETON NATURE-STUDY. 



In concluding this chapter let us urge those responsible for the 

 display of school or private collections illustrating nature-study, to 

 use good mounting material. Further, a rule should be made to 

 give every individual specimen all the room it requires, so that it 

 may be properly seen and to keep it to itself. 



Objections will be raised on the score of expense and want of 

 space, but let us see what is usually done ; to start the school 

 museum, a wall-case is procured, modelled more or less on the plan 

 of book-shelves, with glazed doors containing small panes in front. 

 The result is that several pounds at least are spent, the space for 

 the display of specimens is at once limited, and much of it will 

 be above the range of vision of young people. Small blame is there 

 to them if they take but a small interest in the higgledy-piggledy 

 collection that is often in consequence brought together. 



Instead, series of boxes of uniform size, with glass lids, should be 

 obtained, and for the reception of these, narrow shelves should be 

 put up, well within the range of sight. The space between the 

 shelves should be such that the boxes will easily fit into it, and if 

 strips of wood are fixed so as to project above one shelf and below 

 the next over it, the boxes may be held securely when slid in from 

 either end. Sides fitted by means of dovetails which can easily be 

 removed, will give a finish, and with an outlay of a few shillings, 

 a good start can be made. 



