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a separate branch of Science. It was also agreed that these 

 branches should be distinguished by letters A to R, and that 

 Dr. J. Fosier Morley should be appointed Director of the 

 undertaking. 



The seventeen volumes relating to the Scientific Literature 

 of 1901 were accordingly issued at different dates in 1903 and 

 1904, the volume " N " Zoology being the 17th and last of the 

 series. This was published in February 1904, but the MS. 

 of it is stated to have been completed in August 1903. 



Let us now turn to the volume itself and examine it and 

 its contents. Though paged throughout (from p. 1 to 

 p. 1528) it is issued in two parts, the first of which 

 (pp. 1-368) contains Avhat is called the " Authors' Catalogue," 

 that is, if we understand rightly, a complete list of the titles 

 of all the works and papers relating to Zoology published in 

 1901 ; and the second (pp. 369-1528) what is called the 

 " Subject Catalogue," being a rearrangement of these titles 

 according to the different subjects to which the articles 

 relate. 



In the first place, we must object strongly to the paper 

 covers, which are useless for protection and necessitate 

 the immediate binding of the volume. The ' Zoological 

 Record ' is issued in a strong board-cover, which should have 

 been the case with the ' International Catalogue.' To 

 deliver a bulky volume of 1500 pages, in two parts, in paper 

 covers seems to us to be a very unbusinesslike proceeding, 

 and not likely to attract subscribers. On the other hand, 

 the paper and print of the volume are decidedly good and 

 deserve our best commendation. But the price of the work 

 (which we may now mention) is decidedly exorbitant. 

 Scientific men, especially Zoologists, are seldom possessed of 

 large means, and li thirty-seven shillings and ] sixpence," which 

 is boldly announced on the cover as the cost of the volume, 

 is a prohibitive price. The ' Zoological Record/ we may 

 remark, costs 20s., and will be preferred for its comparative 

 cheapness, if not for its higher merits. 



Here also we may say a word about the tardy appearance 

 of the volume. Zoologists, like other workers in Science of 



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