Announcement! 
The next number of The Museum will contain, in addition to the Regular De¬ 
partments, A FOSSIL GIANT, with full-page plate, by Prof. Edward D. Cope, the 
eminent Palueontologist ; an illustrated article, of great interest, by the Rev. M. Eells, 
of Washington Territory, on INDIAN IDOLS; some curious facts about Umbrellas 
in History, by Mr. Henry Phillips, Jr., and a list of Archaeologists (classified in a 
unique manner) who have in their collections certain rare forms of ancient Indian 
Tobacco Pipes. 
There will also be published, in the same number, the prize essay on PHILATELY. 
FORTHCOMING NUMBERS OF THE MUSEUM 
Will contain, among other attractions, the following illustrated papers: — 
An article on ZOOLOGY, by Prof. Joseph Leidy, the distinguished Comparative 
Anatomist. 
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. 
BIRD-HISTORY, by Dr. Charles C. Abbott, of Trenton, N. J. 
THE STORY OF A BROKEN STONE, by the same writer. 
EUROPEAN ARCH/EOLOGY, by the Marquis de NadaNlac, of Paris, France, one of 
the most eminent Anthropologists in the world. 
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., an eminent Numismatist and 
Antiquary, of Philadelphia. 
CURIOUS BUTTERFLIES OF THE WORLD, by Mr. Herman Strecker, of Read¬ 
ing Pa., the largest collector in the world. 
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 and Minerals. 
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