Preface to the Second Edition. 



rn HE Author begs to tliauktlie Initteiriy-loviiig public for the 

 ai)]>reeiative receptiou which has beeu accorded the first 

 edition of tliis Ijook. Esjtecially he wishes to thank Dr. Henry 

 Skinner, of Philadelphia; Prof. Fordyce Grinnell Jr., of Stanford 

 University; S. B. Parish, Esq., the eminent botanist; and tlic 

 Editor of the Canadian Entojuologist, for their very favorable 

 reviews of the book in the technical aud scieutitii; iiiagazincs 

 of the day; aud Piofessor Joseph Giiunell, of Throop; Frank 

 Stephens, Escj., author of '•California Mammals"; Mrs. Wilder; 

 Miss Holdzkoiu, and many otlier juofessors, tea(diers, aud sci- 

 entists, for jilacing the book before their classes, autl for tlicii 

 faith ill it, and personal efforts iu its Iiehalf; ami also to many 

 butterfly exjieits in various ]iarts of the country for faxorablc 

 opinions and conimeudatory letters. 



At the great fire ill San Francisco, A'pril IS, l!H)(i, the items 

 going to make up this book "The Buttertiies of the West 

 Coast", including colored plates, stereotype [ilates, and mate- 

 rial iu the printers' and binders' hands, and the finished goods 

 iu the hands of the oiiginal i)ublishers, all was destroyed. 



In effecting an a<ljnstmeut of afiairs after the fire, the Author 

 lecovered from them the contract of publication, and a reliii- 

 <juishiiient of all their rights iu the book and iu the cojiyright. 



This secoinl edition is published and sold only by the Author, 



W. G. WRIGHT, 



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