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  PROCKEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETr. 
  

  

  a 
  classic 
  work 
  in 
  that 
  branch 
  of 
  molluscan 
  literature. 
  He 
  wrote 
  also 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  papers 
  upon 
  recent 
  marine 
  shells, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  that 
  his 
  studies 
  greatly 
  favoured 
  the 
  non-marine 
  mollusca, 
  and 
  

   on 
  that 
  group 
  alone 
  he 
  built 
  up 
  a 
  lasting 
  reputation, 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  

   connection 
  with 
  his 
  researches 
  on 
  the 
  family 
  Clausiliidae. 
  It 
  is 
  only 
  

   too 
  true 
  that 
  this 
  Society 
  by 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Professor 
  Boettger 
  has 
  lost 
  

   one 
  of 
  its 
  most 
  brilliant 
  members." 
  

  

  He 
  was 
  the 
  author 
  of 
  over 
  three 
  hundred 
  papers, 
  of 
  which 
  about 
  

   one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  treated 
  upon 
  recent 
  shells 
  and 
  fifty 
  upon 
  

   fossil 
  forms, 
  altogether 
  comprising 
  about 
  3,500 
  pages 
  of 
  text, 
  illustrated 
  

   with 
  many 
  beautiful 
  plates. 
  The 
  rest 
  of 
  his 
  writings 
  were 
  almost 
  

   exclusively 
  upon 
  Reptilia. 
  What 
  a 
  loss 
  to 
  our 
  science 
  we 
  have 
  

   experienced 
  through 
  his 
  death 
  many 
  of 
  us 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  feel 
  

   personally, 
  since 
  when 
  in 
  difficulty 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  questions 
  of 
  

   determination 
  beyond 
  our 
  own 
  capabilities, 
  Professor 
  Boettger 
  became 
  

   our 
  final 
  referee, 
  and 
  our 
  applications 
  to 
  him 
  were 
  invariably 
  received 
  

   with 
  his 
  proverbial 
  courtesy 
  and 
  our 
  difficulties 
  solved. 
  

  

  E. 
  A. 
  S. 
  

  

  