The Taxidermist's Manual

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Excerpt from The Taxidermist's Manual: Or the Art of Collecting, Preparing, and Preserving Objects of Natural History, Designed for the Use of Travellers, Conservators of Museums, and Private CollectorsAmerican readers, however, have found in its pages much matter of little or no interest to them, while much which would be useful and interesting in this country, not being equally so to English readers, was not to be found in the original work. To supply the demand for a guide prepared with Special reference to the wants of American collectors, is the aim of the present edition.With the large amount of valuable material of the English book as a foundation and omitting only such as was of purely local interest, and processes that have been supplanted by better ones since that work was issued - we have introduced much new matter, and have carefully revised the whole book, to bring it down to the latest advances in the science. The fine engravings of the English edition have been carefully copied, and numerous additional illustrations introduced.Every care has been taken to make the present edition meet every requirement of American collectors, and to be, in short, a complete and practical' guide.' A. Feature which we consider particularly noteworthy in this edition is the attention paid to simple processes for the special accommodation of inexperienced persons, while its instruo tions include sufficiently elaborate directions to make it a Valuable assistant to even the most expert. Many interesting and valuable specimens are lost, which, by aid of this work might have been preserved. Any boy or girl could preserve deceased pets. Even specimens of little scientific value readily bring remunerative prices for parlor' ornaments, affording instructive, interesting and profitable employment for leisure hours.For a portion of the new matter, appearing in this edition, we are under obligations to the officers of the at Washington.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.