Excerpt from Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, 1867: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature Such are a few of the ideas which arise upon this subject, most of which have had the test of success applied to them, and have stood it well. Imperfect as they are, they may suggest to some a course of action as yet new to them'; while others may, from their own experience, add further hints, which may prove yet more useful. B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.