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For those who may have missed the launch of this, or forgotten about it, this is just a reminder about one of the best "dip into" collections, launched to raise additional funds for the Wheeler bursary to support student participation in SHNH meetings. History & Mystery is an anthology of notes and queries from Newsletters of the Society for the History of Natural History. Naturalists, books, collections, works of art, societies, even a mermaid, are contained here. Some of the notes are witty commentaries. Some of the topics are unexpected, even bizarre. Some of the reprinted queries are still unanswered. History & Mystery celebrates SHNH's Diamond Jubilee<http://www.shnh.org.uk/../welcome/shnh-celebrating-75-years-1936-2011.html>. Compiled by Charles Nelson, it is 208pp and the beautiful cover features paintings by the artist Rebecca Jewell. For more information on the contents, visit the Index<http://www.shnh.org.uk/../news/newsletter/history-mystery-index.html#c760> [PDF<http://www.shnh.org.uk/../fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/History___Mystery_index_to_subjects.rtf>] and list of contributors<http://www.shnh.org.uk/publications/history-mystery/history-mystery-contributors.html> [PDF<http://www.shnh.org.uk/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/History_Mystery_contributors.pdf>]. Council has fixed a retail price of £15 (including postage and packing) for UK members, and £18 for the rest of the world (ROW). Ordering Information: follow the links from www.shnh.org.uk<http://www.shnh.org.uk/> to http://www.shnh.org.uk/?id=264 History & Mystery is exclusively available direct from the SHNH. As this is a fund-raising project, we regret that trade or other discounts are not available. For addresses in UK £15 (post paid); elsewhere £18 (post paid). ISBN 978-0-901843-09-8 208pp.