“30: THE AUSTRALIAN NATURALIST, * 
our President, on Saturday, 4th June. Many members availed 
themselves of the kind invitation and enjoyed a delightful 
afternoon. Mr. Froggatt showed the visitors his extremely 
fine collection of insects and answered the many questions 
which his splendid specimens naturally suggested. The en- 
tomologist, like every scientist, is essentially a travelled man, 
he goes into more out-of-the-way places than almost any other 
class of man and Mr. Froggatt is no exception to the rule. 
He has travelled far up the Strickland River, New Guinea, 
where he collected many curiosities which he exhibited to his 
guests. These proved of great interest. Mr. Froggatt’s 
library is full of interesting books of a scientific character, 
but he is a discriminating book collector with all the collec- 
tor’s enthusiasm and good taste, so that amongst his collec. 
tion are many interesting old books on scientific subjects, some 
of them beautifully printed and superbly illustrated. It was 
a collection that greatly delighted some of the book-lovers 
amongst our members. Mr. Froggatt also showed his col- 
lection of photographs, gathered during his recent trip round 
the world: Amongst them were photographs of some of the 
ieading scientists of theday. Mrs. Froggatt entertained the 
visitors at afternoon tea. Time passed only too 
quickly and members left late in the afternoon, delighted with 
the kindness and hospitality of their host and hostess. 
NOTES ON EXHIBITS. 
Mr. W. W. Froceart exhibited two interesting books 
on natural history and submitted the following notes :— 
“‘The Voyager’s Companion or the Shell Collectors,’’ by 
John Mawe, London, 1801 (price 5/-). According to his own 
account Mr. John Mawe was a retired sailor who set up a 
dealer and collector’s business in London and issued several 
little books, chiefly to encourage people to become field nat- 
uralists; he collected all kinds of things, though shells were 
his hobby, and these he would buy from collectors. The 
frontispiece, and his description of it, is an interesting bit of 
colour and word painting. This book deals with all kinds of 
specimens, instructions for bird skinning, insects, and min- 
erals. 
The second book, ‘‘Episodes of Insect Life,’’ was exhibited 
to show that nature study was not an unknown thing over 60 
years ago, and for dainty get-up, and fine writing, where the 
making of a book was a labour of love among naturalists of the 
last generation while at the present time there are dozens of 
so-called ‘“‘nature study books,’’ that are only run out for 
sale. 
