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IX. Contributions to Entomological Bihliograjyhy up to 
1862.— No. 1. By Albert Mullek, F.L.S. 
[Read 17th Eebruary, 1873.] 
The student who now-a-days wishes to become ac- 
quainted wdth the literary doings of Entomologists, starts 
■with enormous advantages over his brethren of an earlier 
period. The German " Berichte iiber die Entomologie," 
the " Zoological Record," the " Record of American 
Entomology," the " Petites jSTouvelles Entomologiques," 
and the numerous bibliographical reviews issued by learned 
bodies and scientific journals at home and abroad, all com- 
bine to provide inquirers wdth the necessary information. 
The " Catalogue of Scientific Papers," published under 
the auspices of the Royal Society, and the " Bibliotheca 
Entomologica" of Dr. Hermann August Hagen, are of 
course quite indispensable to any one desirous of tracing 
either the work done by certain workers, or the history of 
any special branch. As regards the last-named work, 
every Entomologist ought to be truly grateful to its learned 
and industrious author. For my own part, I confess that 
it has become to me almost as indispensfible as my daily 
bread ; and that it has not been very often the case, that, 
in matters of scientific importance, its ])ages have been 
refeiTcd to in vain. The book is a safe guide on the 
royal road to entomological knoAvledge, and this being the 
case, it would seem to be the duty of those who have 
profited by it to place on record such additions as they 
may meet with in exploring the byways of literature. 
Hoping that others will follow my example, I hereby beg 
to offer a first instalment of such additions. With a 
single exception, I have abstained from offering any com- 
ments on the value of the works enumerated, as I hold with 
Dr. Johnson, that "no book is so worthless as not to 
contain something good." 
Following Dr. Hagen's example, I have included Avorke 
written for incipients and children, as their enumeration 
may be useful to those engaged in teaching popular 
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