The Nautilus. 



Vol. III. MAY, 1889. No. 1. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE publishers of The Nautilus feel that no explanation of 

 their object in offering this journal to the scientific public is 

 necessary. The need of an American publication devoted especially 

 to the interests of Conchologists is felt throughout the country. 

 One of the greatest difficulties which the student of science has to 

 overcome is found in the scattered and fragmentary character of 

 scientific literature. The "Proceedings" or "Transactions" of a 

 hundred societies, and the pages of innumerable journals must be 

 searched through before one can be certain that a given fact or 

 observation has or has not been recorded. 



The simplest way to better this condition of things will lie to 

 limit by some means the number of publications in which a certain 

 subject is likely to be treated upon ; and this is most easily done by 

 establishing journals devoted to special branches of science. It is 

 the aim of The Nautilus to afford such a medium for all who are 

 interested in studying the jNIollusca ; and to this end the co-operation 

 of all friends of science is solicited. 



All subscribers to the Conchologists' Exchange (of which this paper 

 is the successor) will be credited on the books of The Nautilus 

 with the amounts due them upon the suspension of that journal. 

 All subscribers will be allowed one insertion of twenty-five words in 

 the Exchange Column, free of charge. 



