JOHN ROBERT WILLIS— GANONG. 405 
recognized standing, every number of which is jealously cared 
for by every good library receiving it. Nowhere could John 
Willis’ list be so appropriately reproduced as in these volumes 
devoted to the Natural History of Nova Scotia, published in the 
city which reaped the benefits of all his life work, by the Insti- 
tution of which he was one of the honored founders and first 
officers. 
Moreover, it is not right that there should be lost to future 
students such records of the life and details of the personality of 
this man as may throw light upon his work or prove a stimulus ~ 
to others. He may well be called the Father of Nova Scotian 
Conchology, and all Canadian students who have delight in this 
“fascinating science,” as he himself calls it, must ever hold him 
in grateful remembrance. 
These considerations have induced the Directors of this Insti- 
tute and the editors of these notes to present the sketch of his 
life and his work and the reprint of his list, which are found 
herewith. 
