arranged accordmg to its Organisation, 607 



" The advantages of the new work will at once be demon- 

 strated, when it is stated that, for a very trifling sum," &c. 



From No. 5. — " The work will consist of 36 numbers ; 

 each will be sold at one shilling^^ &c. 

 " The plates," &c. 



" The advantages of the new work will at once be demon- 

 strated, when it is stated that, for a very trifling sum," &c. 

 The advertisement on the cover continued unaltered 

 from No. 5. to No. 21. inclusive. On the cover of Nos. 22. 

 and 23., which were published in one, appeared the fol- 

 lowing 



" Address, — The public will immediately see, that, accord- 

 ing to the ordinary plan of issuing the plates which illustrate 

 ' Cuvier's Animal Kingdom,* the proprietor could never fulfil 

 his engagement to supply the complete quantity. He begs, 

 therefore, to apprise the public, that he will take the oppor- 

 tunity, during the ensuing months, of preparing numbers 

 which shall consist wholly of plates. By this method alone 

 will the public be able to complete the first volume ; and, for 

 that purpose, the plates illustrating that volume will be issued 

 in uninterrupted succession. The public is also informed, 

 that the work will be further enriched with portraits of the 

 various eminent naturalists who are distinguished respectively 

 in the several departments of zoology." 



I have introduced the extract from the address on the 

 cover of No. 4., as it contains the only hint that is given 

 that the price of the work will exceed the stipulated sum : 

 and this notice relates only to the sixpenny edition. The 

 statement that the work would consist of 36 one shilling 

 numbers, was repeated in No. 5. ; and continued to be 

 printed till No. 21. inclusive. From the commencement 

 of the work, no notice has appeared that the price of the 

 numbers would be doubled ; or that the work could not be 

 completed according to the first arrangement. 

 These facts require no comment; but, certainly, such 

 conduct deserves exposure. — John Reynolds Howe, Wim- 

 borne, Dorsetshire, Sept, 17. 1834. 



I should be glad if you could inform me how many num- 

 bers will complete the edition of Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 

 now publishing by Henderson ? At the commencement of 

 the work, it was distinctly stated that it would consist of 

 S6 numbers only, at \s. each; but it has already attained to 

 34 numbers, and the price of 4l5., without being much more 

 than half completed. — H, E, StricJdand. Aug, 12. 1834. 



