Epilogue 



Vll 



me \vhile \vorking for over forty years in the British 
Iuseum (
atural 

 History) and though I have acquired over a thousand volumes for 

 the Libraries there, gaps still remain to be filled. On the \vhole one 

 has met \vith a generous response, but the amused smile, real apathy, 

 or the remark" \ve have no n10ney JJ \vhich invariably means heavier 

 expenditure later on, have been encountered. In my experience true 

 econolny is only secured by imlnediate purchase \vhen prices are 

 reasonable, and it is false economy in money and in time from every 

 point of vie\\' to listen for a moment to any financial argument \vhen 

 the purchase of books for scientific research in a 
ational Institution 

 is involved. And no\v that rotography has superseded photography 

 as regards cost, a rare tract can be reproduced in a few hours and 

 placed on its proper shelf in any Library for a fe\v shillings. 

 In conclusion I may add that the \vhole of my papers, Books of 

 Reference and apparatus \vill remain at the :\Iuseum for my con- 

 tinuator and I trust that arrangements \vill be made for the permanent 

 indexing of even current literature as the only true n1ethod of 

 econolnizing the titne of the \vorking zoologist. 



c. D.-\VIES SHERBORN 



LO
DON 



Jlarch. 1932 



