THE 
NATURALISTS’ QUARTERLY ADVERTISER. 
In order to facilitate the purchase of books on Natural History, and 
to aid in every possible way the growing taste in science, we have es¬ 
tablished here in the old historic town of Salem, the Naturalists’ Bureau , 
for the purpose of bringing together, as it were, the specialist and author, 
the distant collector and home student. We shall keep for sale works 
on Natural History, Specimens, Materials, etc., needed by Naturalists in 
every department. It will be our aim so to conduct our business as to 
inspire confidence among our patrons, not only by promptness and accu¬ 
racy, but also by close attention to minor details; making, in every case, 
the interest of our customer our first consideration. 
To Authors do we especially appeal for support in our project, and 
trust they will aid us by putting their papers into our hands for sale, 
while we pledge ourselves in return to merit their confidence by punctu¬ 
ality in rendering accounts and close attention to their interests. We 
have undertaken the project believing that we can make it a valuable 
and reliable adjunct to the scientific interests of the United States. 
We refer by permission to the Peabody Academy of Science, Salem, 
the Essex Institute of Salem, Portland Society of Natural History and 
Smithsonian Inst., Washington, D. C., all of which have put their publi¬ 
cations into our hands for sale. Also to Prof. E. S. Morse, formerly of 
the University, at Tokio, Japan; John Robinson, Mass. Hort. Soc.; 
Rev. E. C. Bolles, Ph.D.; Dr. Henry Wheatland ; Prof. F. W. Putnam, 
Museum of Archseo. and Ethnol., Cambridge, Mass; J. H. Emerton, 
Salem, Mass; Dr. Wood, Portland Soc. of Nat. Hist.; Prof. A. S. Pack¬ 
ard, Brown University, Providence, R. I.; Prof. E. D. Cope, Phil. Acad, 
of Sciences; Prof. A. R. Grote, Buffalo Acad, of Sciences; Mr. J. A, 
Allen, Museum of Comp. Zoology, Cambridge; A. E. Verrill, Yale 
College, New Haven, Conn. 
Nat. Quart. 
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