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Philadelphia, Pa., October, 1911. 



During' the past twelve months three papers — and doubtless 

 others — have appeared urging a reformation in the prepara- 

 tion and manner of publication of scientific papers. 



One of these, "How to Prepare a Paper for Publication," 

 read at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Hole. Mass., 

 July 5, 1910. by C. Bowyer Vaux, of the Wistar Institute of 

 Anatomy and Biolog}% Philadelphia, will be forwarded by the 

 Waverly Press, Williams & Wilkins Co., Proprietors. Balti- 

 more. Maryland, to anyone interested. This pamphlet of 

 twenty pages describes the various technical processes involved 

 in editing, making and printing both text and illustrations, and 

 publishing, and offers many suggestions to authors, as well as 

 to the others concerned. 



Tlie other two prpers appeared in June, 1911, in Number 2, 

 Volume IV, of the Annals of The Entomological Society of 

 America. Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell offers "Some Suggested 

 Rules to Govern Entomological Publications," particularly in 

 regard to descriptions of new species. Mr. R. A. Muttkow- 

 ski's "The Composition of Taxonomic Papers" is longer (it 

 occupies 24 pages) and is directed especially at authors, al- 

 though editors also are involved. It proposes standards for 

 descriptions, colors, nomenclature, keys to genera and specie>, 

 indices, titles and reprints. 



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