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EXTKACT FEOM THE PREFACE TO VOL. II. 



" In addition to the ' Transactions ' and ' Proceedings ' of the Society, 

 the ' Bibliography ' and ' Eeoord ' now form a large part of each 

 number. The former provides a classified Index, in English, to the 

 contents of upwards of three hundred British and Foreign Scientific 

 Journals and Transactions, whilst the latter consists of abstracts of or 

 extracts from the more important of the articles noted in the Bibliography. 



The object of this part of the Journal is to meet a wish which has been 

 for many years expressed by the Fellows — not only those resident in the 

 country, to whom the Library is less accessible, but those in London also — 

 that steps should be taken for obviating to some extent the difficulty that 

 has hitherto existed (owing to the great development in modern times of 

 Periodical Scientific Literature) in ascertaining what is being done by 

 Biologists of this and other countries. 



Whilst the Annual Records published in this country and abroad (all 

 of which are to be found in the Library) are invaluable as books of refer- 

 ence beyond anything to which a Journal issued bi-monthly could attain, 

 the feeling has been that a more readable account of the results of research 

 would be useful, and, if possible, one not so much out of date. As an 

 instance, Mr. Geddes' very interesting researches on Chlorophyll in the 

 Green Planarise may be referred to. In ordinary course a more or less 

 brief reference to this observation would appear in the Annual Summaries 

 of the second (in a few cases the first) year after its announcement. It 

 is obviously very desirable that the Fellows should, in such a case, be in 

 possession Qf fuller and earlier information of the author's views. 



As the Society's domain includes the Invertebrata and the Cryptogamia 

 generally, with the Embryology and Histology of the higher Animals and 

 Plants, and Microscopy (properly so called), the Bibliography and Record 

 extend to those subjects also." 



