Zoea, giving an account of J. V. Thompson's research, whereby it was 

 estabhshed as being the larva of the common crab ; " On the 

 probable Number of Species of Insects in the Creation " ; an article 

 on Lucernaria auricula by George Johnston ("I leaped for very joy, 

 and said within myself, Surely the Creator of all holds this out to lure 

 his rational creatures to study his works and search out his 

 wisdom ! ") ; and similar articles by the same writer on other 

 beautiful and curious marine animals, such as Caprella, Serpula, etc. 



In vol. vii. (1834) the journal becomes a. monthly. In vol. viii. 

 the tone becomes rather more serious ; whereas earlier the majority 

 of the articles were signed merely by initials or pseudonyms, now they 

 are mostly signed in full. 



In 1837, with the tenth volume, a new series was inaugurated, no 

 longer conducted by Loudon, but by Edward Charlesworth ; and 

 with the second volume the title becomes simply The Magazine of 

 Natural History. Illustrious names abound among the contributors 

 — Sir W. J. Hooker, Richard Owen, John Edw. Gray, G. B. 

 Sowerby (both these latter on Shells), Charles Lyall ; and one 

 must notice an article by two of the most eminent of Continental 

 zoologists, JoH. MtJLLER and Henle, " On the Generic Characters 

 of Cartilaginous Fishes, with Descriptions of new Genera " (" the 

 article is in Dr. Henle's own English, with a few revisions," says the 

 editor). But many of the contributors had seceded, and at the close 

 of vol. iv. of the new series (1840) there seemed to be not enough 

 room for the Magazine and another journal which had shortly before 

 made its appearance. 



The first number of The Annals of Natural History, or Magazine of 

 Zoology, Botany, and Geology, conducted by Sir W. Jardine, Bart., 

 P. J. Selby Esq., Dr. Johnston, Sir W. J. Hooker, and Richard 

 Taylor, and described as a continuation of the Magazine of Zoology 

 and Botany, and Sir W. J. Hooker's Botanical Companion, was 

 published in March 1838 (" printed and published by R. and J. E. 

 Taylor "). It was continued monthly, six numbers to a volume. 

 Not only did the principal naturalists in the country contribute 

 to the new journal, but Continental scientists also sent papers, or 

 their more important contributions to the French and German 

 periodicals were translated and made accessible to English readers. 

 Of workers in this country may be mentioned J. E. Gray, G. 

 Johnston, Sir W. J. Hooker, G. Bentham, Edw. Forbes, Rymer 

 Jones, W. S. MacLeay, Charles Lyell, Richard Owen, Edwin 

 Lankester — most of these being regular contributors ; of foreign 

 writers Louis Agassiz (" Prodromus of a Monograph of the Radiata 

 and Echinodermata "), Ehrenberg (" Communication respecting 

 Fossil and Recent Infusoria," and other papers), Me yen the 

 botanist, Dujardin (" On the Digestive Organs of the Infusoria "), 

 Morren, and Schleiden may be noted. 



In 1840 the Magazine of Natural History was transferred to 

 Richard Taylor, and merged with the Annals of Natural History, 

 under the name The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 



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