ir, 
THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Now read;/, price 3s. 6d., 
T he world of insects; 
a Guide to its Wonders. By 
J. W. Douglas, Secretary to the Ento- 
mological Society of London. 
Noiv ready, price 3s., 
P RACTICAL HINTS RESPECT- 
ING MOTHS AND BUTTER- 
FLIES ; forming a Calendar of Ento- 
mological Operations throughout the year 
in pursuit of Lepidoptera. By Richard 
Shield. 
“ Of natural history, that branch which 
relates to insects or entomology is the 
most popular in this country, or the most 
likely to become popular. It can be fol- 
lowed in hours of leisure, without inter- 
ruption to the great business of life, and 
the number, beauty, and accessibility of 
its objeets, give it peculiar advantages 
over other sections of the same science. 
But while the taste for Entomology is 
inherent in the popular constitution, and 
the means for studying it are numerous 
and easily attainable in these islands, the 
elementary instruction necessary for an 
intelligent and systematic prosecution of 
it has been hitherto sadly deficient: 
thanks to the efforts made, and making, 
by Mr. Stainton, Mr. Douglas, Mr. 
Shield, Mr. Dallas, and other gentlemen, 
the knowledge of the first principles of 
Entomology is being diffused throughout 
the United Kingdom, and multitudes are 
longing to learn the wonders of the in- 
sect world, and to enjoy the pleasures of 
chasing, collecting, and arranging the 
various specimens, a knowledge and an 
enjoyment confined up to the present 
time to comparatively few persons. 
“The work now offered to the public 
by Mr. Douglas may be truly described 
as the i Hide mecuni of the student. It 
does not profess to give full particulars 
of the ten thousand species of insects in 
Great Britain, but it docs point out some 
of the more prominent and interesting 
characteristics of insect-life, and indicates 
the best localities for seeking, and the 
easiest methods for securing specimens, 
and lays down general rules for classify- 
ing them. The insects that inhabit the 
garden, the orchard, the fields, the heaths, 
the downs, the woods, the waters, the sea- 
shore, and the mountains, are succes- 
sively described, and their habits and 
marvellous uses are explained briefly but 
clearly. With his ring-net in hand, his 
little boxes, and a few pins in his pocket, 
the happy dweller in the country, or the 
adventurer who escapes from the toil of a 
town, may sally forth, after attentively 
perusing this volume, in quest of recrea- 
tion and knowledge, certain to return 
from his expedition both a wiser and a 
stronger man. 
“ The title of Mr. Shield’s publi- 
cation sufficiently denotes its scope and 
object, and we need only remark that 
his ‘ Practical Hints ’ arc literally 
what they purport to be. Beginning 
with January, and going through the 
months of the year, he instructs his pu- 
pils how to breed, collect, and arrange 
their insects, observe their development 
and growth, and study their habits and 
peculiarities. The in-door and out-door 
entomological operations peculiar to each 
month are fully set forth, and the learner 
is taught all that is requisite for a neo- 
phyte to prosecute with pleasure and pro- 
fit this delightful branch of Natural 
History .” — Civil Service Gazette. 
London: John Van Voorst, Paternos- 
ter Row. 
Printed nml published by Edward Newman, 
Printer, of No. 9, Devonshire Street, llishops- 
gnle Without, London, in the county of Mid. 
(ilesex. — Saturday, April 12, 181)11. 
