OP CONCHOLOGT. 



REVIEWS. 



I.— AMERICAN. 



Bibliography of North American Conchology, previous to the 

 year 1860. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution : by w. q. 



BINNET. 



Part 1. American Aiiiliors. 650 pp., 8vo. 1863, 

 Part 2. Foreign Authors. 300 pp., Svo. 1864. 



We should have noticed this important work at an earlier 

 date. Mr. Binney has devoted a number of years to the ac- 

 complishment of his task, and it has resulted in a Bibliogra- 

 phy of our Conchology, so complete as regards American 

 authors, that probably not a single publication, however ob- 

 scure or insignificant, has been omitted. The 2d Part, em- 

 bracing Foreign Authors on American Conchology, is not so 

 complete, many minor papers being unnoticed. Mr. Binney, 

 however, probably has not intended this Part to be so ex- 

 haustive as the former one. 



The plan of the work has been, to quote Author's name in 

 heavy-faced type, followed by the full title of the work or 

 paper quoted from, together with the printed date of publica- 

 tion. Then follows a complete list of genera and species, their 

 synonymy as given by the author cited, localities, and refer- 

 ences to page, plate and figure. At the end of each Part is 

 an Index of Authors and Titles of Works. Part 3d (in 

 preparation) will consist of a General Index of Species, and 

 will complete the entire work. 



The amount of labor entailed by the preparation of a work 

 of this nature is immense, and can only be properly appre- 

 ciated by those who have engaged in similar undertakings. It 



