PROSPECTUS 



OF THE 



M E R I 



JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



THE undersigned proposes to issue, early in next rear, the 

 first number of a quarterly publication bearing the above 

 title. 



Believing that the status of Conchology in the United States 

 is such as to justify and demand a special exponent, and rely- 

 ing on the enthusiastic love of the Science which distinguishes 

 its votaries for a generous and liberal support, he willingly 

 assumes the responsibility of publisher, together with the cer- 

 tainty of present pecuniary loss, which must necessarily attend 

 an undertaking of this nature. 



It is surely not expecting too much, to depend upon the 

 , unanimous and hearty support, and unremitting effort of those 

 interested in Conchology, to increase our Subscription List as 

 rapidly as possible ; and perhaps on our part, it may be 

 deemed almost superfluous to say, that after paying the ex- 

 penses of the publication of the Journal as now projected, any 

 surplus funds remaining, will be expended entirely either on 

 its enlargement, or in providing more abundant illustration. 



The American Journal of Conchology will be published 

 quarterly in numbers of about 100 pp. each, printed on fine 

 heavy paper, making a volume of 400 pp. per annum. 



Each number will contain at least two carefully executed 

 Lithographic Plates, colored by hand, and also the Portrait 

 and Autograph of a distinguished American Conchologist. 



