The Museum Premiums. 
Desiring to bring the Journal to the notice of all who are engaged in collecting, 
or are interested in the study of Natural History, the publishers of The Museum make 
the following liberal offers :— 
1 . For Three Subscriptions, one dozen Slides for Microscope, French Educational 
Objects; or, 
Six Cabinet Photographs of Peruvian and Chiriqui Antiquities, Ancient Vases, Idols 
and Gold and Silver Ornaments; or, 
3 . One large Pocket Magnifying Glass, hard rubber case, two lens (i and inch 
diameter). 
4. For Five Subscriptions , a collection of 50 different species of foreign and domestic 
Mosses, correctly named. 
5. For Six Subscriptions , a collection of 100 small specimens of Minerals, all different, 
correctly named; or, 
6 . A copy of the Rev. J. G. Wood’s “ Common Objects of the Microscope ” (containing 
400 engravings, in colors) and a Boy's Compound Microscope , packed in a polished 
walnut case. 
f. For Fifteen Subscriptions, The Museum for one year; a fine collection of pressed 
and correctly named foreign and American Mosses; a copy of Wood’s book on 
the Microscope and a Universal Household Microscope , packed in a polished 
mahogany case. 
S. For One Hundred Subscriptions, a Histological Binocular Microscope , 14 inches 
in height, with necessary accessories, in an upright mahogany case. This is a 
splendid $75.00 instrument. 
Transportation on any of the first five premiums will.be prepaid. Expressage on 
Premiums 6, 7 and 8 must be at the expense of addressees. In specifying premiums desired, 
please refer to the numbers. Having the addresses, and in most cases, the price lists, of 2000 
dealers in Collectors’ supplies, in all parts of the world, we enjoy unusual facilities for pro¬ 
curing collections of objects of all classes, at the lowest rates. We shall take pleasure in fur¬ 
nishing an estimate of the number of subscriptions required to obtain anything desired by any 
collector. It should be understood, however, that we are not dealers, and in no case offer 
objects for sale. 
Young collectors should set to work at once to secure, without expense, some of the 
above mentioned prizes. Subscriptions should commence as early as possible, in order that 
no numbers of the Journal may be lost. 
Address all communications to 
The Editor of THE MUSEUM, 
No. 1220 Sansom St., 
Lock Box 22. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 
