The Journal Of Conchology

Excerpt from The Journal of Conchology, 1895-1897, Vol. 8: Being the Organ of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland It is hoped that the character of the journal will be fully maintained, and that articles of morphological interest may be somewhat more frequent than in the past. We may also indicate that papers will be received on palaeo-conchology, this branch of the subject being of the utmost importance to the geologist as well as to the the recent systematist. The former is enabled by fossil shells to fix his geological horizons, whilst the latter must study the shell - life of the past if he wishes to become acquainted with the ancestral forms of many of the modern genera. The formalities consequent upon the change of ownership have somewhat delayed the appearance of the present number, but every effort will be made in the future to secure regular publication, It is proposed to continue the' practice of printing short Notes where space allows, and the committee will be happy to receive communications of this nature from members of the Society and others. 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.