Announcement! 
The next number of The Museum will contain, in addition to the Regular De¬ 
partments, an illustrated paper on A REMARKABLE CREATURE WITH EIGHTEEN 
THROATS, by Prof. Joseph Leidy, the eminent Scientist; a biographical sketch of 
PROF. S. S. HALDEMAN, with fine full-page portrait, by the Editor; PORCELAIN 
MONEY OF SIAM, with illustrations, by Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., and an illustrated 
article on CURIOUS BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS, by Mr. Herman Strecker. 
Forthcoming Numbers of the Museum 
Will contain, among other attractions, the following illustrated papers:—- 
ANTIQUE JAPANESE TOBACCO PIPES, by Edwin A. Barber. 
ON THE COLLECTION OF OLD WEDGWOOD CHINA, by Mr. Fred. Rathbone, 
of London, England, the best authority on this noted ware. 
BOTANY, by Prof. T. C. Porter, of Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. 
THE STORY OF A BROKEN STONE, by Dr. Charles C. Abbott, of Trenton, N. J. 
EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY, by the Marquis de Nadaillac, of Paris, France, the 
eminent Anthropologist. 
COINS OF INDIA, by Captain R. C. Temple, Cantonment Magistrate at Ambala, 
British India. 
MOSSES AND HOW TO COLLECT THEM, with illustrations of curious species, 
by Edwin A. Barber. 
CRYPTOGAMIC BOTANY, by Prof. J. T. Rothrock, of the University of Penn’a. 
CURIOSITIES IN COINS, by Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., the eminent Numismatist and 
Antiquary. 
Other illustrated papers, by noted scientists, are also in hand, or promised, on Indian 
Pipes, Autographs, Pottery of American Races, Sea Weed, Coins, Stamps, Birds’ 
Eggs, Minerals and Sponges. 
