FISH HATCHING. By Frank T. Buckland.

1863 1st edition. 8vo (130 x 197mm). Ppxv,268 + 4pp publisher's catalogue. Engraved frontispiece plate, illustrations. Green pebbled cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"The substance of this little book was delivered by myself, in the form of a Lecture, at the Royal Institution ...on the 17th April, 1863, and is a record of the observations which I have made during my experiments in Fish Hatching carried on during the winter months. From time to time I have reported progress in the columns of 'The Field,' and have now, by the permission of the Editor, been enabled to embody my notes in these pages. I have, however, added much information (though I continue to speak in the first person) derived from the experiences of others, kindly communicate to me; and also from closer subsequent investigation on my own part. I trust that those who read the book will find it useful, and that it will enable them to carry out Fish Hatching on their own account. I must here record my sincere thanks to Professor [Michael] Faraday for his kind attention, and also to Professor [John] Tyndall, who was good enough to exhibit the young fish alive under the electric lamp [in 1863, be it noted], thereby adding so much to the general interest which I was most pleased to hear was caused among those present on the night of the lecture". Contents include: Value of observation, preparing eggs, spat of oyster; Depositing spawn, salmon nests, trout nests, experiment with eggs, etc; Enemies of ova - mill wheel, fish, insects, poachers, water-ouzels, rats, shrews, swans, result of destruction of fish eggs; On the protection of the eggs and hatching them by artificial means (140 pages).