62 WALTER KDWARD COLLI NGE. 



Since the foundation of the paper over forty persons — in addition 

 to the staff — have contributed i)apers to its columns, thus showing 

 that it met an existing want. 



These papers have dealt with the Mollusca, both recent and 

 fossil; land, freshwater and marine; and the anatomy has received 

 special attention. One great feature of the paper has been the 

 exhaustive bibliography which, owing to the kindness of authors, has 

 been carried out. It has dealt with considerably over a thousand 

 books and papers in seven or eight languages : longer notices have 

 by preference been given to those published out of (ireat Britain. 

 The important 'Check-List of the Slugs" will cause the recollection 

 of the journal as a land-mark in the study of those genera. 



'J'he lack of a paper which should be free and not the mere organ 

 of a society has been long felt in England ; papers on mollusca 

 have been scattered among many journals, and the lack of some 

 organ where they could be collected together, has been a hindrance 

 to workers, who were unable, either owing to expense or other causes, 

 to discover where the papers were and to procure them when traced. 

 We therefore owe a great debt to Mr. Collinge for his pluck and 

 liberality in founding this journal and carrying it on amongst the 

 many troubles and difficulties which must have surrounded such an 

 undertaking. 



E. R. SvKES, B.A., F.Z.S. 



WALTER EDWARD COLLINGE. 



Bv ROBERT MACDONALD, M.A., B..Sc., 

 Madras College, Si. Andrr.cs, N.B. 



Mr. Walter E. Collinge, F.Z.S., whose portrait appears in this 

 issue, will cease with this number of the "Journal of Malacology"' 

 to be its proprietor and editor. Mr. AV. M. Webb, F.L.S., will 

 succeed to the active control of the magazine, while Mr. Collinge 

 will be retained as co-editor. 



Mr. Collinge has been connected with this journal since its 

 commencement as the " Conchologist " in 1890. Engaged at the 

 time in the study of the mollusca, he was led by circumstances to 

 establish a quarterly journal in which he could record his own 

 observations, and those of others, and so present in compact form 

 to his co-workers the most recent research work of all students of 



