54 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [VoL. XXXVI. 
Washington. These two cases have so far held satisfactorily, 
having been subjected to temperatures from 20° F. to 90° F. 
Two smaller cases put up at the same time have also proved 
very satisfactory. 
In 1899 Dr. A. B. Meyer, director of the Natural History 
Museum of Dresden, made a tour of this country to study our 
museums and scientific institutions. It was my pleasure to escort 
him through the department of zoólogy in this museum. I called 
his attention to one of these cases and he remarked, * Very 

attention to an article, * Ein Beitrag zur Museumtechnik," by 
Dr. Max v. Brün, published in the Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete 
der Naturwissenschaften (Bd. XIII), herausgegeben vom Natur- 
wissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg, 1895. As this article 
is not easily accessible to all who are interested in the exhibition 
of fishes, I give here an abridged translation of it.! 
The zoólogical museums are constantly progressing in their 
efforts to acquaint the public with the animal world by means of life- 
like representations. Those animals which are robbed. of their 
natural appearance, in a greater or less degree, by insufficient 
1 Published with the permission of Dr. Brün. 



