HA RD WICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



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COLLECTIONS OF MINERALS, 

 ROCKS, OR FOSSILS, 



For the Use of Students, Science Teachers, Prospectors, &c, and 

 to illustrate the leading Text-books, in Boxes, with Trays. 

 50 Specimens, 10s. 6d. ; 100 do., 21s. ; 200 do., 42s. 



New Price List of Minerals, Rocks, and Stratigraphical Series 



of Fossils Pos t Free. 

 ROCK SECTIONS for the MICROSCOPE from is. bd. each, 

 Post Free. 



Cabinets, Glass-Capped Boxes, Trays, Hammers, etc. 



THOMAS X>. RUSSELL, 



78, NEWGATE STREET, LONDON, E.C. 



SHILLING BOOKS. 



Snow - bound at Eagle's. 



By Bret Harte. Crown 8vo., is. 



Dagonet Ditties. By G. R. 



' Sims. Crown 8vo., is. ; cloth, is, 6d. 



The Daffodils: A Novel. By 



Lillias Wassermann. Crown 8vo., is. ; cloth, is. 6d. 



Stage la H(l : Curious Habits of 



Its Inhabitants. By Jerome K. Jerome. With 64 Illustra. 

 tions by J. Bernard Partridge. Fcap. 4to., is. ; cloth, 2s- 



London: CHATTO & WINDUS, 214 Piccadilly, W. 



Speeial Sets of Apparatus for* Collectors. 



THE BOTANISTS' OUTFIT— Consists of 1 Japanned 



Collecting Case with Shoulder Strap, Trowel, Drying Paper, 

 F 3 dozen Chip Boxes for Bulbs, &c. Carriage free, 3/6. 



THE GEOLOGISTS' GOMPANION-Consists of i 



Geological Hammer, i Chisel, Set of Glass-Top Boxes and 3 

 dozen Chip Boxes. Post free, 3/6. 



THE INSECT HUNTERS' COMPENDIUM— Consists 



of 1 Leno Net and Stick, 1 Collecting Box, 1 oz. Mixed Pins, 

 1 Killing Bottle, 3 dozen Chip Boxes, 1 dozen Setting Needles, 

 1 Setting Board. Post free, 4/9. 



THE ENTOMOLOGISTS' COMPANION — Consists 



of 1 Butterfly Net and Stick, 1 Store Box, 10 inch 'by 8 inch ; 

 1 each wide and narrow Setting Boards, 3 dozen Setting 

 Needles, 1 dozen Cabinet Cork, 1 oz. Entomological Pins, 3 

 dozen Chip Boxes, 1 Collecting Box, 1 Cyanide Killing Bottle, 

 1 Bottle Cement, 1 Bottle Killing Fluid. Carriage Free, 10/6. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' COMPLETE OUTFIT— 



Consists of 1 pair Forceps for lifting delicate Eggs, 1 Sheet 

 White Wool, 1 Sheet Pink Wool, 25 Data Tickets, 1 Bottle 

 Cleansing Fluid, 1 Brass Blow Pipe, 1 Glass Suction Pipe, 1 

 Glass Blow Pipe, 2 best Steel Drills, 1 Embryo Hook Ivory 

 Handle, 2 dozen Chip Boxes, 2 complete Label Lists, gummed. 

 Post free, 3/-. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' " VADE MECUM "— 



Comprising 1 Brass Blow Pipe, Glass Suction Pipe, Glass Blow 

 Pipe, 2 Egg Drills, Embryo Hook, Gummed Label List, Hints 

 to Egg Collectors, all in handsome case. Post free, 1/9. 



THE EGG COLLECTORS' POCKET COMPANION 



— Contains 2 Blow Pipes, 1 Egg Drill, 1 Embryo Hook, 1 

 Gummed Label List, with full instructions, in box. Post free, 1/-. 



THE TAXIDERMISTS' COMPENDIUM— Contains 



every requisite for Skinning, Preserving, Stuffing, and Mount- 

 ing Birds, Animals, Reptiles, and Fish, in a well-made Japanned 

 Case 12^- inches long, with Patent Tumbler Lock and 2 Keys. 

 Contents — 1 Large Skinning Knife, 1 Fine Scalpel with Ebony 

 Handle, 1 Plated Brain Scoop with Hook, 1 pair Bright Steel 



Wire Nippers, 1 pair Stuffing Pliers, 1 Triangular File with 

 Handle, 2 pairs best Steel Scissors, 1 dozen Triangular Needles, 

 1 Pricker with Rosewood Handle, 3 Coils Annealed Wire, 2 

 Bundles Stuffing Tow, 1 Jar Arsenical Soap, 1 Bottle Preser- 

 vative Powder, 2 Tubes of Stain for Feet, 1 Bottle Cement, 

 1 Packet Moss, 2 dozen Waxed Leaves, 10 dozen Artificial 

 Eyes, assorted. Carriage free, 21/-. 



THE TAXIDERMISTS' POCKET CASE— Contains 



i Scalpel, 2 pairs Steel Scissors, i Brain Scoop with Hook, 

 1 File, 1 Pricker, i Tow Pliers, i Wire Nippers, i dozen Tri- 

 angular Needles. Post free, 10/6. 



EGG CABINETS, 4 Drawers, 12/-; 6 ditto, 16/6; 

 7 ditto, 22/6 ; 8 ditto, 30/-. Insect Cabinets, Corked and 

 Glazed, 4 Drawers, 13/6 ; 6 ditto, 17/6 ; 8 ditto, 33/-. Mineral 

 and Botanical Cabinets, 4 Drawers, 10/6 ; 6 ditto, 15/-; -8 

 ditto, 25/-. 



ENTOMOLOGISTS' APPLIANCES.— Killing Bottles 



gd., 1/-, 1/6. Killing Fluid, 6d. Breeding Cages, 2/6, 4/-, 5/- 

 Store Boxes, 2/-, 2/6, 3/-, 4/-. Pocket Boxes in Deal, bd., gd. 

 1/-, 1/6 ; Zinc ditto, gd., 1/-, 1/6, 2/-. Larvae Boxes gd. 

 double ditto, 1/-. Cabinet Cork, 1/-, 1/4, 2/- per dozen. En- 

 tomological Pins, mixed, gd. per oz. Setting Needles 3d. each. 

 Steel Forceps, 2/- per pair. Setting Boards, $d. to 1/6. Setting 

 Houses, 9/6, 11/6. Butterfly Nets, Wire Ring and Stick, 2/- ; 

 Cane Ring, 1/8; 3 Joint Folding Net, 3/g ; 4 Joint, 4/6. 

 Water Net, 2/6. 



EGG COLLECTORS' APPLIANCES. — Climbing 



Irons with Straps, 5/6 per pair ; double Spurs, 7/6. Brass 

 Blow Pipes 6d., id., \od. each ; Glass ditto, 2d., 3d., ^d. Steel 

 Drills, 2d., 3d., bd. Embryo Hooks, 2d. White Wool, 3d. 

 per sheet ; Pink ditto, $d. Forceps for lifting, gd. per pair. 

 Chip Boxes, 2d. per dozen. 



TAXIDERMISTS' APPLIANCES.— Skinning Knives, 



1/-, 1/6. Fine Scalpels, 1/3. Forceps, 1/6. Scissors, 1/3, 1/9. 

 Prickers, 6d. Brain Scoops, 6d. Wire Nippers, 1/-. Tow 

 Pliers, is. Files, bd., 1/-. Arsenical Soap, if- per tin. Non- 

 Poisonous Soap, 1/-. Preservative Powder, if-. 20 dozen 

 assorted Eyes, 3/6. Tow, Sd. per pound. 



A complete Illustrated Price List of Natural History, Post Pree, One Penny. 



C. D. HOPE & CO., NATURALISTS, CROYDON. 

 CHATTO & WINDUS'S NEW BOOKS. 



THE MAN WHO WAS GOOD : a Novel. 



2 vols., at all Libraries. 



By Leonard Merrick, Author of "Violet Moses," &c. 



A VALLEY OF SHADOWS : a Novel. By G. Colmore. 2 vols., at all Libraries. 



ACROSS THE PLAINS. By Robert Louis Stevenson. Crown 8vo, buckram, gilt top, 6s. 



THE SISTERS : a Tragedy. By Algernon Charles Swinburne. Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. 



VERBENA CAMELLIA STEPHANOTIS, &c. 



Conditions of Men." With a Frontispiece by Gordon Browne. 



By Walter Besant, Author 



Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 35-. 6d. 



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All Sorts and 



[July 21. 



BRET HARTE'S COMPLETE WORKS. Vol. VII. 



a Portrait by John Pf.ttie, R.A. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, bs. 



More Tales of the Pacific Slope. With 



With a Frontispiece by 



GREEN AS GRASS. By F. M. Allen, Author of " Through Green Glasses," &c. 

 Joseph Smyth. Crown 8vo, cloth extra. 3s. bd. 



PREESHOOTING: Extracts from the Works of Mrs. Lynn Linton. Post 8vo, cloth limp, 2s. 6d. 



Cheaper Edition, revised, 



PIFTY YEARS AGO. By Walter Besant. With 144 Plates and Woodcuts. 



with additional Illustrations and a new Preface. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, 5.?. 



A HISTORY OP PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONEERING, from the 



Stuarts to Queen Victoria. By Joseph Grego. A new Edition, with Ninety-Two Illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth extra, 7.?. 6d. 



HINTS ON COLT-BREAKING. By W. M. Hutchison. With Twenty-five Illustrations. Crown 8vo, 



cloth extra, 3s. 6d. 



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