PKOISrECTUS 



OF THE 



AMERIC^lSr 



JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



The undersigned proposes to issue, early in next year, the 

 first nundier of a quarterly pnblicatif)n bearing the al)ove 

 title. 



Believing tliat tlio status of Concliology in the United States 

 is such as to justify and demand a special exponent, and rely- 

 ing on the enthusiastic hive of the Science which distinguishes 

 its votaries for a generous and liberal support, lie willingly 

 assanies the responsibility of publisher, together with the cer- 

 tainty of present pecuniary loss, which must necessarily attend 

 an undertaking of this nature. 



It is surely not expecting too much, to depend upon the 

 unanimous and hearty support, and unremitting effort of those 

 interested in Concliology, to increase our Subscription List as 

 rapidly as possible : — and perhaps on our part, it may be 

 deemed almost superfluous to say, that after paying the ex- 

 penses of the publication of the Journal as now projected, any 

 surplus funds remaining, will be expended entirely eithei' on 

 its enlargement, or in providing more abundant illustration. 



The American Journal of Concliology will be published 

 quarterly in numbers of about 10(^ pp. each, printed on fine 

 heavy paper, making a volume of 400 pp. per annum. 



Each number will contain at least two carefully executed 

 Lithographic Plates, colored by hand, and also the Porti-ait 

 and Autograph of a distinguished American Conchologist. 



