IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC WORK 
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY 
TAYLOR BROTHERS, SOVEREIGN STREET, LEEDS. 
MONOGRAPH OF 
THE LAND AND FRESHWATER MOLLUSCA 
: OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
JOHN W. TAYLOR, 
Membre Honoraire de la Société Malacologique de France, Ex-President and Hon. Life Member of 
the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Ex-President and Hon. Life Member 
of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union, late Editor of the ‘ Journal of Conchology,” ete. 
HE Publishers invite Subseriptions to this important work, which deals with the 
Recent and Fossil Land anil Freshwater Mollusea of these Islands, treating of 
them not merely as found in the British Archipelago, but taking full cognizance 
of the different forms they assume in other regions. 
The First VOLUME of this magnificent work contains 6 fully-coloured plates, 
454 pages of letterpress, and 743 illustrations in the text, all specially drawn and 
engraved solely for this work, and for the most part original. The geographical 
and geological distribution, habits, food, parasites, enemies, uses, morphology, and 
development are all exhaustively treated upon and fully illustrated. 
The SECOND VOLUME, dealing with the Slugs, is the most comprehensive 
account of this interesting group of animals ever published, and contains 26 fully- 
coloured plates and maps, illustrating the Variation and Geographical Distribution 
of every British species, fossil or recent, while upwards of 300 engravings elucidate 
their internal organization, ete. 
The THIRD VOLUME treats upon the Zonitide, Endodontida, and Helicida, 
illustrating shell variation by means of more than 200 artistically-coloured figures. 
The comparative anatomy and external structure is shown by more than 800 
carefully drawn figures, ete., and their distribution by 48 Special Maps. 
This work has received the highest enlogiums from the leading scientific 
conchologists of the day for its comprehensiveness and the magnificent style of 
its production, and all critics have been unanimous in deseribing the work as 
absolutely unique in the wealth and high artistic quality of the illustrations, and 
the fulness, adequacy, and scientific accuracy of the accompanying text. 
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Vou. Il. (Lestacellide, Limacidw, Arionide) - - £2 2s. Od. 
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OPINIONS OF EMINENT AUTHORITIES. 
From Pror. Sprripon Brusina, University of Agram, author of 
numerous conchological works. 
Agram, Croatia. 
“Though the first volume of your Monograph is worthy of all the praise that 
can be bestowed upon it, yet the parts that have since appeared, devoted to the 
species, call forth a still greater admiration. The coloured plates and 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 celebrated Swedish Naturalist. 
Ronneby, Sweden. 
«Thanks for the new part of your magnificent work. 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 illustration, and admirable 
arrangement, as well as in the great learning, and the conservative yet critical 
acumen evinced in the text... .. It is, indeed, a proud scientific monument for 
its author and for his country.” 
