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hard. Can any reader tell me an easy way of making them soft 
and like leather ?—c. r. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
J. T. N., Deal.— -Thanks for good wishes. Interesting notes 
always acceptable. It is to be feared that we have seen the last 
of “ Science Gossip.” 
Miss L. E., Caterham.—M any thanks for the notes which 
may be of use for a future edition. 
E. H. B., Ludlow.— -Arrived too late for Nov. number. 
A new circular of the N.J., is now ready, and we shall be glad 
to forward a bundle to any reader who will distribute same 
among his friends. If every recipient of one of these circulars, 
would send it on to a friend, we should soon be able to accomplish 
many contemplated improvements in this magazine, besides giving 
more frequent illustrations. 
As an inducement to our more enthusiastic readers we offer 
to forward a copy of Mr. Swann’s “Birds of London,” to each 
one who can obtain three new subscribers for the coming year. 
Each remittance of 7/6 must be sent to this office not later than 
January 8th, and an acknowledgement, together with a copy of 
the book, will be forwarded on receipt. 
BOOK NOTES. 
To the remarks in our last issue concerning Mr. Durrant’s 
new magazine,! we have but little to add. The first issue is 
well printed and carefully got up and contains a good selection 
of articles upon various subjects, most of them being in a vein 
calculated to please the tastes of the Nature Lover. 
Mr. E. W. Swanton sends us two lists published under the 
auspices of the Wincanton Field Club, and compiled by himself; 
one deals with the birds observed in the neighbourhood of Win¬ 
canton, Somerset, while the other comprises a list of Mollusca 
collected in the same distrtct; both show a tolerably complete 
list of species. 
From our sometime contributor, Mr. H. T. Booth, comes a 
circular of a new monthly for collectors, an advt. of which will 
be seen elsewhere. The new venture will be known as the 
“ Collectors’ Monthly” and will apparently be similar to the late 
American periodical of that name. 
Periodicals, &c., received.— “The Conchologist” (Decem¬ 
ber quarter); “The Naturalist” (November); “Entomologist’s 
Record ” (October and November); “ Sussex and Hants Natura¬ 
list” (November); “Amateur Naturalist” (November); also “ The 
Western Gazette,” “ Feathered World,” “ Fur and Feather,” 
“ Exchange and Mart,” “ Mercury,” etc. 
f The Nature Lover . Edited by H. Durrant. (London: Elliot Stock, 1 /-.) 
