CHEAP NATURAL HISTORY PERIODICAL. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, About Animals, Aquaria, Bees, Beetles, Birds, Butterflies, Ferns, Fish, Fossils, Lichens, Microscopes, Mosses, Reptiles, Rocks, Seaweeds, Wildflowers. Edited by J. E. TAYLOR, F.G.S., Author of "Half-hours at the Seaside," 66 'Geological Stories," &c. "This is a very pleasant journal, that costs only fourpence a month, and from which the reader who is no naturalist ought to be able to pick up a good fourpenny-worth of pleasant information. It is conducted and contributed to by expert naturalists who are cheerful companions, as all good naturalists are; technical enough to make the general reader feel that they are in earnest, and are not insulting him by writing down to his comprehension, but natural enough and direct enough in their records of facts, their questioning and answering each other concerning curiosities of nature. The reader who buys for himself their monthly budget of notes and discussions upon pleasant points in natural history and science, will probably find his curiosity excited and his interest in the world about him taking the form of a little study of some branch of this sort of knowledge that has won his readiest attention. For when the study itself is so delightful, and the enthusiasm it excites so genuine and well-directed, these enthusiasms are contagious. The fault is not with itself, but with the public if this little magazine be not in favour with a very large circle of readers "Examiner. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 1. Selection from the Index.* Amoeba, the, 45. Ants, 113, 116, 143, 179, 185, 234, 235, 239, 262, 263. Aphides, Swarms of, 287. Aquarian Difficulties, 154, 188, 213, 239. Balance of Power, 193. Bees, 34, 41, 93, 137, 143, 166, 167, 185, Bromley, and What I found there, 246. Cat-fleas, 278. Caterpillars, Brood of, 126, 168, 288. Chapter from the Life of a Volvox, 244. Cleaning Diatomaceæ, 52. Colour of Birds' Eggs, 39, 47, 87, 142, 231. Common Things Unknown, 88. Coral Reefs, 112, 220, 285. Crickets, 42, 66, 84, 113, 128, 166. Dead Fly on the Window, 10. Diatoms, 27, 52, 85, 95, 114, 140, 148, Diet of Worms, 180, 214. Ferns, 20, 34, 37, 44, 66, 67, 93, 109, 114, Fly Parasites, 93, 227. Four Years' Acquaintance with a Toad, *In making a selection from the Index to each volume) space precludes iving more than about one-tenth of each volume. Imperfectly-developed Flowers, 103. Keyhole Limpet and Parasite, 122. Lord Scarabæus, 98. Microscopic Illumination, 130. Mounting Objects, 46, 65, 93, 94, 116, 163, 191. Notes on the Hawthorn, 198. Old Trees, 222. Orchids, How to Grow, 124, 162. Polycystius, Popular History, 100. Sea-Anemones, 40, 155, 158, 167, 188 Spiders, 24, 36, 39, 86, 143, 151, 206, Toads, 12, 62, 87, 111, 114, 233, 256. What to seek and what to avoid in the Why objects appear larger through the Window Gardens, 92, 117, 141, 284. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 2. Selection from the Index. Fairy-ring Champignon, 225. Fossil Wood, 250. Fossil Wood in Flint, 15. Galls and Gall Insects, 165, 215, 228. Illuminators for High Powers, 32, 65, Imperfectly-developed Plants, 8. Insect Vovarium, 80, 118, 207. Insects, 41, 55, 91, 93, 112, 117, 147, 161, 184, 185, 204, 213, 249, 282. Jute; what is it? 84. Ladybirds, 169. Lizard, the Cominon, 79. Mistletoe of the Jak, 152, 186, 212. Moa, the, 14. Mounting, 19, 20, 23, 33, 47, 93, 94, 114, Our Club, 193. Periodic Phenomena, 49. Pests, and their Checks, 54. Pin-centres and Rose-centres, 106. Rural Natural History, 83, 163. Salamander, Japanese, 130. Snails and their Houses, 195, 230. Speedwells, 121. Spider-crabs and their Parasites, 178, Spiders, 7, 22, 40, 63, 119, 138, 141, 169, 189, 201, 209, 213, 255, 277, 279. Spring, 97. Starch, 34. Sticklebacks, 5, 45, 153, 165. Under the Snow, 25. Vegetable Caterpillars, 176. Venus, Observations on, 110. Wasps, 22, 88, 116, 276. Wings of British Butterflies, 27. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 3. Selection from the Index. A Century ago, 127. Age of Niagara, 139. Aquaria, dust on, 69, 117, 118, 141, 142. Bitten by a Viper, 175, 199, 213. Blood Beetle, the, 27, 62, 71, 94. Century ago, 127. Cockroaches, to Kill, 166, 212, 280. Crickets, how to get rid of, 263, 279, 281. Death's-head Moth, 190, 213, 214, 262. Dermestes? what is, 28, 206. Disguises of Insects, 193, 233, 234, 261, Dodo, the White, 5, 52. Dragon-fly, the, 225. Echoes from the Club, 231. Fangs of Spiders, 237, 270, 276. Feast of Roses, 145. Foraminifera, 36, 129, 215, 236, 263. Freshwater Sticklebacks in Seawater, Germination of the Toad-rush, 150. Helps to Distribution, 244. Hints to Object-mounters, 91, 139. Huxley on the Study of Natural His- Is Lichen-growth detrimental to Trees? Leaf-mining Larvæ, 169, 212. Left by the Tide, 217. Lichen Dyes, 266. Maple, Aphis of the, 204. Monmouth Deposit, 133, 156, 180. Mounting in Balsam and Chloroform, My little Green Monkey, 179. Preservation of Fossils, 22, 23, 44. Primroses, 42, 114, 136, 141, 167, 235. Rare Birds, Shooting, 69, 93, 94, 160. Rural Natural History, 86, 117, 118. Snakes, 273. Sociable Mites, 124. Something to do, 99. Spiders' Nests, 37, 40. Spirogyra, 60. Sponge-washings, 228. Sticklebacks in Seawater, 38, 87. Swallows, 50, 101. Temperature of Lakes, 272. Toad-flaxes, 201. Travellers' Tales, 25. Unity of Mankind, 110, 152, 173, 245, Viper, the, 22, 175, 199, 280. Wasp, Sting and Poison-gland of, 60. Wheat Mildew, 16. White Dodo, the, 5, 52. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 4. Selection from the Index. "Ackersprit," 248. Agricultural Ant of Texas, 1. Animals that never Die, 16, 40, 62, 106. Birds, 9, 34, 41, 64, 88, 95, 160, 185, 191, "Black Jack," 232. Bugs, 17, 31, 46, 214. Butterflies, Plumules of, 44, 137, 186, Caddis-worms and their Cases, 152, 189. Cockroaches, 15, 22, 215, 239. Cuckoos and Hedge-sparrow, 113, 143, Daphria, the Heart of, 227, 279. Death-watch, the, 87, 113. Dragon-fly, the Pupa of a, 245. Ferns, 43, 161, 162, 183, 187, 213, 231, 237, 238, 240, 261, 263, 281. Forget-me-nots, 97. Formation of Fern Seeds, 183. How Birds and Insects fly, 9, Maine Deposits, 85. Metamorphoses of Insects, 35. Mosquitoes, 207, 211, 212, 215, 236. Palates of Mollusca, 20, 200. Perley's Meadow Deposit, 131. Polyzoon from Victoria Docks, 255. Primroses, Pink, 43, 66, 147, 187. Reptiles, from the Coal-Measures, 104, 142, 167, 214. Reptiles in Confinement, 272. Sand Wasp, the, 205. Scalariform Tissue, 276. Sensorial Vision, 145. Silver-mining in Eastern Nevada, 193. Smew, the, 55. Spicules of Echinoderms, 175. Spiders, 8, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 41, 47, 51, Spring Phenomena of Plant Life, 121. Stings and Poison-glands of Bees, &c., Storm-glass, 24, 93, 117, 143, 167. Vipers, 23, 46, 70, 95, 165, 180, 212. Wood-sorrel, the, 52, 280. Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, Vol. 5. Selection from the Index. Acherontia atropos, 220, 257, 278. Animal from the Salt Lake, 78, 130, Aphis Lion and Lacewing Fly, 15. Badger and Otter, the, 90, 118, 137, Botanical Allusion in Tennyson, 91, British Birds, 39, 85, 107, 113, 156, 179, Buds as Objects for Winter Study, 34. Cats and Starfishes, 214, 234, 239, 263, Geophilus electricus, &c., 49, 65, 71. Hawk-Moths, 16, 119, 220, 234, 257, 273. Hybernation of Bees, 41, 90, 93, 134, 137, 165, 188, 273. Insects of the Season, 233, 234. Ladybird, 232, 239, 267, 283. Laurel Berries, &c., 47, 70, 114. Ligurian Bees, 213, 237, 256, 263, 283. Moth, the Fish, 94, 118, 142. Norfolk, Rare Birds in, 160, 161, 184, |