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placed on sale in the building. Its success as a popular work on 

 the invertebrate animals of the New York coast and the adjacent 

 coast region seems assured. After two months' experience, it 

 may be safely stated that the sale of the book will not only return 

 the cost of publication, but will eventually yield a profit for the 

 purpose intended. 



" Sea-Shore Life " is a work by a zoologist of the highest 

 standing. Dr. Mayer is the Director of the Marine Biological 

 Station of the Carnegie Institution at the Dry Tortugas, Florida. 

 His familiarity with the marine life of our coast and his reputa- 

 tion among naturalists are well known. 



It is a matter of congratulation that the Society is able to issue 

 in connection with its scientific and educational work a volume of 

 the excellent character of this one. 



The publication of this book has been noted in scientific jour- 

 nals, and the comment upon it has been highly commendatory. 

 It is not only so thoroughly trustworthy from the scientific point 

 of view that it will serve the teacher and student, but is so pleas- 

 antly written that it will be an agreeable introduction to the ani- 

 mal life of the sea-shore for the use of the general reader. 



Believing that the facilities of the Zoological Society for prop- 

 erly advertising a work of this description were too limited, a por- 

 tion of the edition has been placed in the hands of Messrs. A. S. 

 Barnes & Co., Publishers, in order that it might be introduced 

 to the book trade generally. 



It should be clearly stated that this work, notwithstanding its 

 general character as a natural history of our sea-shore inverte- 

 brates, is none the less a guide book to the animals of that class 

 which may be found in the Aquarium from time to time. With 

 two similar volumes on our native aquatic vertebrates (the fishes 

 and reptiles) the Aquarium would have not only complete guide 

 books of the highest class, but a series of scientific books of gen- 

 eral and permanent value. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The most substantial gift each year is that of the United States 

 Fisheries Bureau, consisting of eggs of fishes for the operation 

 of the Aquarium hatchery. The number received in 1905 was 

 2,092.000, representing 7 kinds of food and game fishes. 



The Clyde Steamship Company, through ]\Ir. Theo. G. Eger, 

 General Manager, and the Florida East Coast Railway, through 

 Mr. Beckwith, General Traffic Manager, very kindly furnished 



