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SPIDERLAND.

BY

ROSE HAIG THOMAS.

CROWN 8vo. CLOTH. PRICE 5s.

A Volume of Simple Tales, embodying such Facts of Natural
History as are Attractive to Children, and Written in
Language easy to be Understood.


Some Press Opinions.

" Mrs. Haig Thomas's stories promise a treat alike for the little ones and the grown-ups. And it cannot be said that the enjoyment of the latter is altogether altruistic."—The Westminster Gazette.


"A charming little book based on the authoress's original observations on a variety of animals and plants, and cast into a poetic form likely to interest children in natural history."—Nature.


"The nursery library has been enormously enriched by Mrs. Thomas's delightful book. . . . The tales are the most charming and delightful of their kind that have appeared for a longtime."—Daily Graphic.


"Here is something more than learning made easy; it is learning made actually pleasant A most delightful book for children either for the home or the schoolroom."—Birmingham Gazette.


To be had at all Booksellers, or
Grant Richards, 48, Leicester Square, London.


WATKINS & DONCASTER,

Manufacturers of Natural History Apparatus,
Cabinets, Store-Boxes, &c.

A large stock of Insects, Birds' Eggs, &c. (British, European and Exotic). List of clutches on application. Climbing Irons, best steel, with straps complete, 5s. per pair. Brass Blowpipes, 4d. and 6d. each. Drills, 2d., 3d., and 9d. each. Label Lists of every description. New Preservative Soap, non-poisonous, 1s. per box; 3s. 6d. per lb. Taxidermists' Tools, Artificial Eyes, Leaves, Grass, &c. Taxidermy in all its branches. Price List (96 pp.) post free.

36, STRAND, LONDON, W.C (only address).


HERBERT W. MARSDEN,

NATURAL HISTORY AGENT AND BOOKSELLER,
40, TRIANGLE West, CLIFTON, BRISTOL.

Cabinets and Apparatus. Entomological Pins. Waxed Leaves and Glass Eyes.
Store Boxes, Nets, &c. Taxidermists' Tools. Walking Stick and Air Guns.
The most reliable stock of BIRDS' SKINS and BIRDS' EGGS in Britain.
British, European, and Exotic Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, &c.
New and Second-hand Books. Exchange and Label Lists.
Taxidermy of the highest class. Birds or Animals skinned, stuffed, and cased.
Heads, Horns, &c., mounted for trophies. Rugs made up, &c.
Send stamped wrapper for Ornithological Catalogue, Oct. 1897; Shell Catalogue, 1895, &c.

N B.—-Mr. Marsden's business was entirely removed from Gloucester in 1889.