A pew Comn)ents on tl^is Bool^. 



The work is admirable. It is incomparable. It will instruct the youngest as well 

 as the oldest ; the professional; and amateur as well as the beginner who is totally de- 

 pendent on book instruction. Enough cannot be said in favor of this remarkable publi- 

 cation, which will hardly.be approached, surely never excelled within the age of living 

 man. — Dr. Morris Gibbs, ift' The Oologist. 



It is the best of its kind, and it is of a kind which I think should be in every 

 school library. — James G. Needham, John Hopkins University,' in "Elementary Les- 

 sons in Zoology." . ^ ' , ' 



An unique and invaluable work to all working naturalists. The plates are very 

 fine and will give great satisfaction to all seeking information on the subject, and the 

 text is complete. — John Young, F. R. S. E., of the Scottish Association of Technical 

 Education, Dundee, Scotland. ■■ 



One of the most valuable works extant, for the use of the taxidermist, naturalist 

 and oologist, is "Methods in the Art of Taxidermy," by Oliver Davie, the author of 

 " Nests and Eggs of North American Birds." Thp book is dn exhaustive and systematic 

 treatise upon the art of taxidermy; showing so simply wrbat tools to .use and what meth- 

 ods to pursue in mounting specimens that a tyro' in the art will find it a most valuable 

 assistant to his labors. It is profusely illustralted with numerous plates depicting the pro- 

 cesses, the positions and the completed specimens. — American Field. 



No mere notice or editorial review without a sight of the exquisite drawings and a 

 suggestion to the eye qf what this vast work contains, will give any adequate conception 

 of its completeness and scope.^Farm and Fireside. 



Never before has the art of taxidermy -had its practical methods and beauties por- 

 trayed as we find them interpreted in this work. It is indeed a work of art from cover 

 to cover. — Thomas M. EXri., Taxidermist; author of *,' BetS:of the Household." 



You have certainly given us a book which as regards paper, typography and gen- 

 eral appearance you have every reason to be proud of. Fortunately, the good tjualitifes 

 of the book did not stop here, and its practical qualities equal its' good looks. One 

 might almost learn how td mount all manner of. ainimals from the plates alone, and if 

 any one cannot become a taxidermist from a careful study of your text with cross refer- 

 ences to the plates he had better give it up as something he was not intended for. — 

 Frederick A. Lucas, U. S, National Museum, Washington, D. C. 



An admirable work on the subject, the illustrations making every point so clear 

 that a young taxidermist must be stupid indeed who cannot mount his specimens suc- 

 cessfully after the models you have given him. — J. Rowley, Taxidermist, American 

 Museum of Natural Histbry, Central Park, N. Y. 



In addition to the value as a guide to the study of taxidermy, we consider that the 

 bo&k is a work of art. We congratulate you on the successful completion of your long 

 and wearisome task, and believe that the American taxidermists will appreciate your 

 efforts. Had we of the older school had access to a work of its character, many long 

 hours of experimental toil would have .been saved. — Frank B. Webster Co., Museum 

 and Naturalists' Supply Depot ; Publishers of The Ornithologist and Oologist, Hyde 

 Park, Mass. '■.;"-■ 



• We are pleased to recommend this fine work to the notice of everyone interested in 

 taxidermy, both amateur and professional ; it deals "exhaustively with every branch of this 

 art, and cannot fail to be of some assistance even to the hardened professional. The , 

 plates, of which there are 90, are exceptionally high class, most of them engraved from 

 photos, and thej' ably illustrate every method adopted by the leading taxidermists, as 

 well as the natural attitudes of the birds, mammals, reptiles, etc. The whole work is got 

 up in first class style, and is printed on extra thick paper, and is undoubtedly the best 

 and most, comprehensive, up-to-date work that has yet appeared on the subject. Samuel 

 L. MosLEY, F. E. S., in "The Naturalists Journal," London. 



