Voluntary Opinions of Eminent Scientists, — 
- From PROF, SPIRIDON BRUSINA, Chancellor, University of Agrani. . 
““Though the first volume of your Monograph is worthy of all the praise that 
“can be bestowed upon it, yet the several parts that have since appeared, devoted to 
the consideration of the species, call forth a still greater admiration. 
“The coloured plates and the pictures in the text are unsurpassable—they. are 
truly works of art; and no other country in the world can boast of possessing such 
a magnificent work upon its fauna.” 
From DR. C. AGARDH WESTERLUND, the Eminent Swedish Naturalist. 
‘In the whole range of malacological literature, the Monograph is quite unique, 
and stands alone in the wealth and variety of its contents, the richness of its illustra- 
tion, and admirable arrangement, as well as in the great learning, and the conservative 
yet critical acumen evinced in the text. . . . 
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From The Rt. Hon. The LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LEEDS 
'- (JAMES E, BEDFORD, J.P., F.G.S.). Hee 
“Your Monograph is a monument of patient work and acumen—patient in its 
elaboration of detail, penetrative in its determination of subtle differences, and its 
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‘* Allow me to express my personal appreciation of your life’s work.” 
From R. D. DARBISHIRE, B.A., F.G.S. 
“A really magnificent piece of work, in science, in scholarship, and in art, and 
all on their highest level.” 
_From DR. R. BOOG WATSON, LL.D., F.R.S, ete., author of 
the Mollusca of the ‘Challenger’ Expedition. 
“Your Monograph is a really remarkable work of quite exceptional ability.” 
From PROF. JOAQUIN GONZALEZ HIDALGO, University of Madrid. 
“Your Monograph is priceless ; arranged with great care, and embracing every 
-. aspect of the subject. The illustrations, printing, and paper are all superb. It is a 
book that honours my library, and will greatly help me in my work.” 
From THE REV. E, A. WOODRUFFE-PEACOCK, Cadney. 
‘The Monograph is good, very good, and grows better as you get on, as all. 
good work does. The pictures are good, but your letterpress unequalled, and the 
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From LT.-COL. H. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN, F.R.S., author of 
-. the ‘‘Land Shells of India,’’ etc. 
‘*T was very glad to set the new part, and it has interested me much, It is 
so. thoroughly done, like all the preceding parts. What a mass of work it is, and I 
congratulate you on having got-through it.” 
From DR, J. COSMO MELVILL, M.A., D.Sc., F.L.S. : 
“*Many thanks for the new part of your immortal work; it more than carries 
out the promises of the previous issues,” 
From PROF, E. S. MORSE, the famous American Scientist, 
Peabody Museum, Salem, U.S.A, 
“<I cannot tell you how much I have enjoyed your Monograph. Every part is 
equally rich in illustrations and subject matter,” ; 
From MINA L. WINSLOW, Curator of Mollusks, 
University of Michigan, U.S.A. 
‘*T have never seen a more beautiful production, and I shall make frequent use 
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