Papers on the feeding of common reptiles at the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, including correspondence from Country Life

Letter from John Colam of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the serpent feeding in the reptile house being a healthy amusement for children and young persons

Letter from Edgar Chatterton to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding no longer being able to view the animals behind the cages following reports in the newspapers about the way in which the reptiles were being fed in the reptile house

Report by L C Bushby on the breeding of rats and mice for food

Letters from Abraham Dee Bartlett to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the doors to the new elephant house, animal food consumption, the female rhinoceros, the mounted specimen of a young gorilla, authorisation to sell Alice the elephant to Mr Barnum, and the theft of an owl

Letter from Arthur F Astley to Philip Lutley Sclater regarding the subject of reptile feeding at the Zoo