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Revieivs ami Book Notices. 



In conclusion, mention should be made of the nomination of 

 a new committee, with Prof. W. Ridy^way as chairman, to take 

 in hand the important work of reg'istration and classification of 

 the meg^alithic remains of Great Britain, a work which is of 

 paramount importance in view of the general supineness of the 

 British public and of successive Governments, and the resulting- 

 neglect of a class of monuments in which the British Isles have 

 been peculiarly rich, but which are in many places rapidly dis- 

 appearing. Dr. G. A. Auden, York, is secretary to this com- 

 mittee, and it is to be hoped that members of the various 

 Archaeological Societies will give the committee their hearty 

 co-operation and support, and forward any material which may 

 be of service in the work of registration. 



HINDERED by the difficulty 

 Mr. Taylor is experiencing 

 in obtaining autographs 

 and portraits of promi- 

 nent conchologists, the 

 ' Monograph of the Land 

 and Freshwater Mollusca 

 of the British Isles' is 

 making slow progress. 

 An appeal for help in the 

 matter appears in part 12 

 of the Monograph, which 

 is just issued. It con- 

 tains a further instalment 

 of the second volume, 

 minute de- 

 ion of the 

 different species. As in 

 previous issues the part 

 is illustrated by portraits 

 of workers, and views of 

 favourite localities. Arion 

 inleniicdius 'is here associated with Dr. R. F. Scharff, M.R.I. A., 

 of Dublin, its recent discoverer in this country, and the first in 

 Britain to m;ike known its reiUy distinctive characters and wide 

 distribution." We feel sure our readers will be glad to have 

 the opportunity of seeing the portrait of Dr. Scharff, who is a 

 native of Leeds. 



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