THE 



JOURNAL OF MALACOLOGY. 



No. 4. DECEMBER 12th, 1894. Vol. III. 



THE JOURNAL OF MALACOLOGY. 



After the present number the control of this paper will pass into 

 the hands of Mr. W. M. Webb, F.L.S., and though Mr. Collinge 

 will continue as co-editor, a page of the history of the " Journal of 

 Malacology" has been turned, and a brief account of its career may 

 be of interest to the subscribers. It is perhaps most fitting that 

 I should be the person to write it, as I was the first Assistant Editor, 

 aud therefore, probably, am more acquainted with the working of the 

 journal than my colleagues are. 



The first number of this journal appeared in March 25th, 1891, 

 under the title of "The Conchologist," under which name it 

 continued until the close of 1893, and consisted of 16 pp. of letter- 

 press, the shape being crown 4to. Mr. Collinge bore the whole 

 burden of the editing until the close of that year, when the shape of 

 the journal was altered to its present form, and the " Assistant 

 Editors" commenced to join the staff. The dates of these additions 

 are as follow : the Rev. A. H. Cooke, M.A., Dr. R. F. Scharff, and 

 myself prior to March, 1S92 ; Mr. W. Garstang, M.A., June, 1892 ; 

 Mr. B. B. Woodward, F.G.S., June, 1893; Mr. Charles Hedley, 

 F.L.S., September, 1893; and Lieut. -Col. H. H. Godwin-Austen, 

 F.R.S., March, 1894. The services of Mr. Garstang and 

 Dr. .Scharff were lost at the close of 1893. 



Owing to a generous desire on the part of Mr. Collinge not to 

 clash with the newly-formed Malacological Society, an endeavour was 

 made to confine the papers to those dealing with " the slugs and 

 slug-like genera," and the title was accordingly altered to " The 

 Journal of Malacology " ; this endeavour has in a great measure been 

 carried out. 



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