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« The scientific world in general, and malacologists 
in particular, will have learned with profound regret 
the news of the death of M. Joseph-Charles-Hippolyte 
Crosse, which took place on August 7, 1898, at his 
country residence, the Chateau d’Argeville, at Vernou, 
near Paris. No man of his time has done more, few have 
done as much, to promote the study of the Mollusca, 
and in him France has lost one of her most distinguished 
men of science... 
«Itis with the Journal of Conchyliologie that Crosse’s 
memory will be for ever associated. His name first 
appears on the titlepage of that periodical in 1861, and 
it is not too much to say that to him and his distinguis- 
hed colleague, D' P. Fischer, who, considerably the 
younger man, predeceased him by nearly half a decade, 
is due the entire credit of carrying on for more than 
thirty years a publication which has consistently main- 
tened the highest standard of excellence in the ar- 
ticles which have appeared in its pages... 
« Crosse’s knowledge of the Mollusca was not confined 
to any special group or groups, but was far-reaching 
and comprehensive. Naturally, his acquaintance with 
anatomical details was subordinate to his familiarity with 
other portions ofthe study. The Land Mollusca of New 
Caledonia and of Mexico are perhaps the two fields on 
which he will be found to have left the most permanent 
traces of his ability... 
« He was especially fond of cataloguing the Molluscan 
fauna of islands. Some of his lists, thus compiled, are 
invaluable to the student of geographical distribution, 
remarks upon which generally accompanied the lists... 
