BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE 



The dates of publication of Parts I-VI of A History of 

 British Crustacea . Thomas Bell 



The complete work entitled "A History of the British Stalk- 

 eyed Crustacea" bears on its title page the date MDCCCLIII, 

 and the Preface is dated July, 1853. There is nothing to 

 show that the main part of the work, consisting of pp. 1-386, 

 with numerous un-numbered illustrations, appeared in eight 

 separate parts between 1844 and 1852, The Introduction 

 (pp. ix-lxii, with figs, a-m) and the Index (pp. Ixiii-lxv) 

 must presumably have been prepared for the whole work 

 published in 1853 



The late C. D. Sherborn tried, with only partial success, 

 to discover the dates of publication of the separate parts 

 (March 190?); a slip in his handwriting is inserted in the 

 copy of the entire work in the Crustacea Sectional Library, 

 British Museum (Nate Hist.) - see also Index Animalium 1801 

 -1850, pt. xxiXj p. cxxxiii, 1932 . Recently six separate 

 parts, each in its original paper cover, have been presented 

 to the Zoological Library of the British Museum by Mr. 

 L. Bairstow, ".A., of the Palaeontology Department (28.xi.58). 

 Each bears the date of publication on the cover and parts 

 I and II each indicate when the next part will appear; 

 as there xvas a slight delay in the publication of part III 

 no probable date of publication is indicated for the later 

 parts. 



The parts, each priced at 2/6, are dated as follows: 



Part I (pp. 1-48) 1st October, 1844. 



Part II will be published on the 2nd December. 

 Part II (pp. 49-96) 2nd December, 1844. 



Part III will be published on 1st of February. 

 Part III (pp. 97- -144) 1st May, 1844. 



(printer's error corrected in ink to 1845). 

 Part IV (pp. 145-192) 1st January, 1846. 

 Part V (pp. 193-240) 1st January, 1847. 

 Part VI (pp. 241-~?3) 1st January, 1848. 



Unfortunately the set is incomplete, lacking parts 

 VII (pp. 289-336) and VIII (pp. 337-386). Sherborn noted 

 that these two parts are mentioned in the Proceedings of the 

 Entomological Society of London for the years 1851 and 1852 

 respectively" "Af" J cer the president's address an outline 

 of the progress of scientific literature during the past 



