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Again, we have paid a dollar for a very poor and shattered set 

 of merely the plates herein republished.* Upon the whole, then, 

 it would seem that the desirability of this republication cannot 

 well be questioned. 



From our introdu(ftory statement, it must not be hastily in- 

 ferred that paleontological writings from 1800 to i860 only are 

 difficult to obtain. On the contrary, some important articles pub- 

 lished in State survey reports or in the proceedings of societies 

 as late as 1885 or later are now out of print and very hard to 

 obtain. These must sooner or later be printed again or the ad- 

 vancement of paleontological science will be seriously impeded. 



Original investigations, if well dire(5led and thoroughly made, 

 are sure of receiving their merited praise, and are indeed, help- 

 ful to science. The humble task of republication has fewer at- 

 tradlions, but who can point out the way in which the study of 

 paleontology can be forwarded more than by making its litera- 

 ture accessible, at a very moderate cost, in a most convenient 

 form? 



lyist of Say's Writings herewith Republished. 



Fossil Zoology, &c 5-11 



Am. Jr. Sci., ist Sen, Vol. I, 1819. 



Fossil Zoology 1 2-23 



Am. Jr. Sci., ist Set., Vol. II, 1820. 



Fossil shells found in a shell mass from Anastasia Island... 2 ^-2% 



Jr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ist Ser., Vol. IV, 1824. 

 An account of some of the fossil shells of Maryland 30-76 



Jr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., ist Ser., Vol. IV, 1824. 

 Crinoidea ; 77~84 



Jr. Ac. Nat. Sci, Phila., ist Sen, Vol. IV, 1825. 



* The plates of this Bulletin are photo-engraved from this set. They are 

 about four-fifths the dimensions of the originals. 



