NATURAL SCIENCE NEWS. 



A Shell Collection! 



Consisting of 10,000 specimens. 



50,000 specimens are offered for sale at a sacrifice. A 

 rare opportunity for a School, College, Museum, or any 

 Person or Institution interested in Conchology,to secure one 

 of the best collections in America, at one-half its real value. 



The nucleus, from which this collection was formed, was the famous Jewett col- 

 lection which the late Dr. Newcomb of Cornell, inventoried at over $i2,5oo--A 

 small portion of the Jewett collection was on exhibition at the World's Fair, and the 

 collection as a whole was offered for sale at $6,000. Mr. H. A. Pilsbury of the Phila. 

 Academy of Sciences, who is one of the best, if not the greatest living American Con- 

 chologist- -after examining the portion of the collection on exhibition, and the catalog 

 of the entire collection, said that if the collection would average as good as the por- 

 tion which he had examined that he considered the price, $6,000 very reasonable. 

 At the close of the Fair the collection was purchased by Frank H. Lattin, and to it, 

 he has since added fully $2,000 worth of specimens. 



The collection with its additions is now offered for sale at a very low figure—actu- 

 ally one-half its real value. 



Terms of payment easy. If desired ample time will be given the purchaser, 

 whether an individual or institution, if responsible. 



Should you desire the collection or if you are in any manner connected with an 

 Institution to whom a sale might be made, or if you are so situated as to be able to 

 assist in the disposal of the collection, I shall be pleased to hear you at once. 



Correspondence with parties meanining BUSINESS solicited. 



Address at once, 



FRANK H. LATTIN, 



Albion, Orleans Co., N, Y. 



