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REVIEWS AND BOOK NOTICES. 



EARTILY will all malacologists 

 welcome the appearance of 

 the second part of the second 

 \olume of Taylor's 'Monograph 

 oi' the Land and Freshwater 

 Mollusca of the British Isles,' 

 which has just been published. 

 The first volume dealt with the 

 'structural and g-eneral" aspect 

 of the moUusca. The volume 

 now appearing deals with the 

 History, Diagnosis, Reproduc- 

 tion and Development, Food, 

 Habits, Variation, and Geo- 

 graphical Distribution of each 

 species. The particulars are 

 remarkably complete, and the 

 maps and illustrations add 

 still further to the value of the work. Mr. Taylor has also 

 introduced the happy idea of illustrating his account of each 



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The Goyt Valley, near Whaley Bridge. 



species with a view of a typical locality, and an initial letter with 

 a portrait of some well-known conchologist. The block at the 



1903 Novcmher 1. 



