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THE MUSEUM. 
The Oologisfs Directory , recently received, 
is a model of artistic presswork. It is printed 
on tinted card board, in large, clear type, with 
an antique felt-paper cover, and contains the 
names and addresses of over 400 collectors. 
Compiled by Messrs. Davis & Baker, North 
Granville, N. Y. 
The Stamp Dealers of Great Britain , a little 
pamphlet giving the names and addresses of 
several hundred dealers, philatelic publishers, 
etc., will be found to be invaluable to stamp 
collectors in the United States. Published by 
C. H. Nunn, Bury St. Edmunds, England. 
Price 5d. 
The Century Magazine for July opens with 
a paper of great interest by Rose G. Kingsley, 
entitled “ George Eliot’s County.” “Social Life 
in the Colonies,” by Edward Eggleston, is a 
valuable and entertaining contribution to 
U. S. history. “ Mistral,” by Alphonse Dau- 
det (with frontispiece portrait), is a charming 
little sketch of the Provencal poet. The notes 
on the life and death of Frank Hatton, the 
explorer of North Borneo, are entertainingly, 
though pathetically written by his father. 
George Bancroft contributes “A few Words 
about Henry Clay,” accompanied by full page 
portrait. The historical war papers are of 
great interest. The Century Co. y Union 
Square, New York. 
The Magazine of American History for 
July is a remarkably strong number, and con¬ 
tains a valuable historical paper on “ Wash¬ 
ington in March and April, 1861,” by Lieu¬ 
tenant General Chas. P. Stone, a short article 
on “The Seizure and Reduction of Fort 
Pulaski,” by Colonel Charles C. Jones, Jr., 
besides a number of other Civil War Studies. 
Published at 30 Lafayette Place, New York. 
In The Magazine of Western History for 
July, Russell Errett contributes his second 
paper on “ Indian Geographical Names.” 
“ The Banks and Bankers of Cleveland,” by 
J. H. Kennedy, is a readable article profusely 
illustrated with steel portraits. Published at 
Cleveland, Ohio. 
GMihwal 
Mr. Herman Strecker has kindly volunteered 
to answer, through the pages of The Museum, 
any questions relating to butterflies and 
moths. All such communications should be 
addressed to the Editor. We hope shortly 
to announce the names of specialists in other 
branches of science, who will be willing to 
assist our readers in the same manner. In 
this way we shall be enabled to render young 
collectors valuable assistance in their studies. 
A serial, now in course of preparation, will 
soon be commenced in the pages of The 
Museum, which will extend through the year. 
This will prove of engrossing interest to boys 
and archaeologists in general, and will be, 
alone, well worth the subscription price of the 
magazine. It will embody an account of the 
travels and explorations of a club of young 
archaeologists in quest of relics, and, while 
full of exciting adventure and thrilling epi¬ 
sodes, will be based strictly upon fact, and 
will make our embryo scientists familiar with 
the various remains of the former inhabitants 
of America. 
One of the great Philadelphia daily news¬ 
papers thus concludes its review of our July 
number: “ It is a wonder the boys of the coun¬ 
try do not subscribe en masse for this valuable 
little magazine. It is full of just the kind of 
reading they like.” 
We trust, and believe, that the time is not 
far distant when each boy in the land who 
desires to know more of the wonders of na¬ 
ture, and the rare and beautiful things in art, 
will be a constant reader of The Museum. 
The chief aim of the publishers is to furnish 
our youth with pure, entertaining and instruc¬ 
tive reading. Each month brings us hundreds 
of evidences that our efforts are being appre¬ 
ciated by parents and young naturalists. We 
want to increase our circulation to 100,000 
copies monthly, and quadruple the size of the 
magazine. This we can do if our young 
friends will continue to help us. 
