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LIST OF ENTOMOLOGICAL BOOKS 



NOW ON SALE IN LONDON 

 (By the Editor.) 



During the past year I have had very many applications from 

 Entomologists (both young and more advanced), inquiring what 

 books I would recommend for particular branches of the study. 

 There are probably many who would like such questions answered 

 without the trouble of putting them. I have, therefore, compiled 

 a list of all the Entomological books I can ascertain to be now on 

 sale in London ; for this purpose I forwarded circulars to the various 

 publishers, inquiring what Entomological books they had in stock, 

 and the price. To my certain knowledge many an Entomologist 

 is in want of some particular book, but is not aware that it is on sale, 

 or where it is to be had, and at the same time the bookseller complains 

 there is no demand for Entomological books. This is sheer non- 

 sense ; if the existence of the books were made known to those in 

 want of them they would go off fast enough. 



In enumerating these books now on sale I have appended to each 

 of those I felt competent to pronounce upon, a short critical sentence, 

 in order that my readers might be able to gather my opinion with- 

 out the trouble of writing to me on the subject. I am perfectly 

 aware that these opinions are of very doubtful value, but such as 

 they are they are given with no desire to sell individual books, or 

 to cut up living authors, or to display my own cleverness ; my wish 

 has been — 



•' Nothing to extenuate, 

 Nor aught set down in malice." 



The publisher's name appended is either that of the original pub- 

 lisher or that of the party who purchased the stock of the work 

 from the original purchaser. It indicates in each case the house to 

 which those" ordering any of the works here enumerated should 

 refer their bookseller. 



