6 Guide to Taxidermy 



pleasure in doing the work for yourself and profit 

 in doing that for others. 



In the following pages we give you the results 

 of our thirty-five years' experience in all branches 

 of taxidermy. No trade secrets are held back; 

 everything is laid bare. We have endeavored to 

 omit nothing that would be a help to the student 

 and to avoid the introduction of any hindrances. 



We have illustrated every point as fully as pos- 

 sible, and are sure that any faithful reader and 

 worker can in a short time do work equal to that of 

 the best. The text, every drawing and every pho- 

 tograph used in this book is new and made express- 

 ly for this work. We wish to give credit to our 

 chief taxidermist, Mr. N. F. Stone, who mounted 

 a large number of the specimens that are pictured; 

 while a young man, he is one of the best that this 

 country has yet produced, a natural-born taxider- 

 mist. 



We shall be more than pleased if, by our work, 

 others can be produced. 



Chas. K. & C. A. Reed. 

 Worcester, Massachusetts. 

 May, 1908. 



