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ous papers in the serial literature of our science, and his great 

 work, "The Monograph of the Land and Freshwater 

 Mollusca of the British Isles" — of which three volumes are 

 now completed — will for ever place him in the front rank of English 

 conchologists. This monograph is of considerable magnitude, each 

 volume extending to nearly five hundred pages of text, besides being 

 profusely illustrated with coloured plates, text figures, and valuable 

 distribution maps — a very monument of industry and application. 

 We trust that Mr. Taylor's energies will long be with him, so that 

 he may be enabled to finish so important a monograph. 



But, apart from his great researches, Mr. Taylor's name will be 

 always associated with the history of our Society as its founder. 

 Starting as a Leeds institution some forty or more years ago, the 

 Conchological Society, with its present home in Manchester, has 

 issued a valuable Journal during that long period, the early volumes 

 of which were edited by Mr. Taylor. Mr. Taylor may well be proud 

 of his Society, which, besides being the senior one of its kind in 

 this country, has done and is doing such excellent work tovrards 

 inculcating a love for the study of moUuscan science." 



Mr. Taylor, who spoke with considerable emotion, acknowledged 

 this unexpected recognition of his services to the Society and to 

 Conchology in general, in a felicitous speech. 



Reduced copy of the outer cover 

 of the Address. 



Reduced copy of ihe illuminated 

 title-page of the Address. 



The address, which is the work of Messrs. Oliver of Manchester, 

 is tastefully and brilliantly illuminated, with figures of characteristic 

 shells freely and appropriately introduced ; it is bound in book form, 

 in dark green morocco, and runs as follows : 



