PUBLIC ADVANTAGES TO BE GAINED 



deeper interest will living creatures prove. 

 Such an exhibition will give the city child, 

 Avhose knowledge of the world about him is so 

 pitifully meagre, a new and vivid enjoyment. 

 It will offer a healthful and instructive pastime 



HE interest taken by the general pub- 

 lic in our natural history museums 

 must be seen to be appreciated ; and 

 if dead creatures and their bare skeletons can 

 attract multitudes of visitors, of how much 



