50ME PRESS NOTICES OF THE ORIGINAL 

 EDITION 



The Spectator says 



" Pleasantly and agreeably written, withovit derogation from 

 the accuracy and dignity befitting a contribution offered to 

 science by one of its accredited upholders. " 



Black-wood's Magazine says 



" A compact and comprehensive hand-book of the subject 

 has been a desideratum with naturalists, which this volume 

 seems calculated to supply. Mr Jeffreys is well known from 

 his previous contributions to the science, and if his details 

 of the characteristics of each species are as accurate as they 

 are carefully and clearly put together, his book — which, 

 though necessarily compressed, is easily and agreeably 

 written — will prove a very useful one. " 



The Athenaeum says 



" . . . a valuable and useful addition to our zoological 

 literature. The descriptions are full and lucid, and the 

 accounts of the habits of many of the more interesting 

 species are well chosen, and written in a very pleasant style. 

 The geographical distribution of the species and their geo- 

 logical relations are also fully and satisfactorily treated. " 



Th e Gardener's Chronicle says 



"... an accessible, readable, reliable work on land-shells, 

 alike adapted to the scientific inquirer and the amateur who 

 is amused by collecting them. An author more competent 

 to fulfil his task, or more judicious in his mode of treating 

 it, could not have been found. " 



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