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and a useful adjunct to its activities in otbei- directions. Students 

 attending the classes have the opportunity of taking part in the regular 

 collecting work of the Association, and are thus enabled to obtain a 

 good knowledge of marine animals under their natural conditions. 



The book which Mr. J. T. Cunningham has recently been preparing, 

 on The Marketable Marine Fishes of the British Islands, is to be published 

 for the Association by Messrs. Macmillan and Co., and will appear at 

 an early date. This work, which it is hoped will meet a long-felt want, 

 has been prepared with a view to bringing before the general reader, in 

 a connected narrative form, the information contained in the numerous 

 technical memoirs, which have appeared during the last few years, 

 dealing with marine fishes, their habits, and modes of development. 

 The book is liberally illustrated with process blocks, and should prove 

 exceptionally useful to those who are interested in fishery ([uestions, 

 either for profit or from the legislative point of view. 



E. J. Allen. 



August, 1896. 



