NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



An Open Letter. 



Editor of Natural Science News: 



In your issue of April 13, 1895, 

 is an article by Will C. Hall Esq., 

 which, though painstaking, and 

 indicative of the efforts of a 

 thougtful man and scholar, never- 

 theless does an injury to my pro- 

 cess, by casting doubt on Embalm- 

 ing as an artistic method of mount- 

 ing. 



It is but fair to say that the pro- 

 cess of Embalming is not needed 

 by first-class taxidermists who 

 have spent years learning the art. 

 But the method of Embalming is 

 so much superior to the work of 

 thousands of so-called Taxiderm- 

 ists in America, that comparison 

 might prove invidious. 



With my process a Humming- 

 bird can be perfectly preserved 

 forever with four grains of com- 

 pound, while a thirteen pound 

 Peacock was mounted by using 

 one pound of the preparation. 



There are in my possession, 

 hundreds of testimonials, many 

 from thoroughly capable natural- 

 ists and artistic taxidermists, ex- 

 tolling this method; and these are 

 not all from recent purchasers, 

 but are from persons who have 

 used the method for years. 



In my possession are birds 

 which were embalmed and mount- 

 ed over twenty years ago and 

 which have kept their form and 

 natural appearance much better 

 than can possibly be the case with 

 specimens preserved by the tra- 

 ditional method of stuffing. 



My method is a boon to thous- 

 ands who wish to learn quickly, 

 and at the smallest cost; and as 

 well, there is not a taxidermist in 

 America who could not pick up 

 valuable points in following it. 

 Respectfully Yours, 

 Morris Gibes, M. D.. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. 



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ATTENTION 



Collectors & Taxidermists! 



Are you interested in Birds? 

 Do you want to keep abreast of the 

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Do you want to learn to mount birds in 

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KALAMAZOO, MICH. 



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The Naturalist's Guide 1 25 



OLD GAME KEEPER. Shooting on the 



Zoology and Natural History. 



A) Seaside Studies 



AGASSIZ (E. C. & 



Natural History 3 00 



AGaSSIZ. (L.) Methods of Study in Nat- 

 ural History 1 50 



AGASSIZ, (L.) Structure of Animal Life...l 60 

 BROOKS (W. K.) Handbook of Inverte- 

 brate Zoology 3 00 



Guides tor Science Teaching. 

 Agassiz' 1st Lessons in Natural History 20 

 Crosby's Minerals and Rocks, paper 10: 



cloth 60 



Goodale's Few Common Plants 20 



Hyatt's. About Pebbles 10 



Corals, etc _ 30 



Mollusca 30 



Sponges 20 



Worms, &c 30 



Insects 1 25 



Richard's First Lessons in Minerals 10 



Bowditch's Physiology 20 



Clapp's Minerals 30 



HARDING, STANLEY. Amateur Trap- 

 per and Hunter 75 



HORNADAY. W. T. Taxidermy and 



Zoological Collecting 2 50 



Birds' Nesting _ 



The Naturalist's As- 



INGERSOLL, E. 



KINGSLEY. J. S. 



sistant 



LATTIN, FRANK H. The Oologists' Hand 



Book, 1S85 



The Standard Catalogue of North Amer- 

 ican Birds Eggs, 1S93-93 



M ANTON, W. P. Taxidermy Without a 

 Teacher - 



MAYNARD, CHAS. J. Manual of Taxid- 

 ermy 



1 25 

 1 50 

 25 

 25 

 50 

 1 25 



Hints and Points for Sports- 



Wing 

 SENECA 

 men... 

 Science Primers. 



Astronomy, Lockyer 35 



Botany. Hooker 35 



Chemistry. Roscoe 35 



Geology. 'Geikie _ 35 



Introductory. Huxley 35 



Inventional Geometry, Spencer 35 



Logic. Jevons 



Natural Resources. Patton 

 Physical Geography, Geikie 



1 50 



35 

 35 

 35 



Physics, Stewart. 35 



Physiology. Foster & Tracy 35 



Political "Economy. Jevons 35 



WOOD, SAM'L C. The British Bird Pre 

 server and Taxidermist 



50 



Entomology. 



Ballard. Julia P. Among the Moths and 



Butterflies 1 50 



Coi/eman, W. S. British Butterflies 50 



Comstock. J. H. An Introduction to En- 

 tomology 2 CO 



A Manual for the Study of Insects, new.. 3 75 

 Ebehhart, N. M. Elements of Entomol- 

 ogy 35 



Economic Entomology 35 



Key to the Families of Insects 15 



French, G. H. Butterflies of the Eastern 



United States 2 00 



Hyatt's. Insecta 1 25 



M anton. W. P. Insects. How to Catch 

 and How to Prepare for the Cabinet.. .. 50 



