3l8 JOURNAL OF C0NCH0I,0(;Y, vol. 14. NO. ID, APRIL, I915. 



" To John Willia.m Taylor, Esq. 

 Dear Sir : 



In the name of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and 

 Ireland we wish to offer you our hearty congratulations on the 

 attainment of your seventieth birthday. 



For many years you have devoted your energies towards eluci- 

 dating the many problems connected with the life-history and 

 distribution of British Non-Marine Mollusca, and it is forty-one 

 years ago that your enthusiasm and enterprise led you to undertake 

 the publication of "The Quarterly Journal of Conchology," 

 which has done so much to stimulate and encourage the study of 

 conchology. From the publication of this Journal sprang the 

 Conchological Society, and at this, its 439th meeting, we are 

 rejoiced to be able to greet you as one of our founders, and to 

 recognise the debt which we owe to you as our constant friend 

 and supporter. 



The experience gained by your researches, coupled with your 

 artistic and literary attainments, have fully qualified you for the 

 arduous and exacting task of publishing "A Monograph of the 

 Land and Freshwater Mollusca of the British Isles," 

 a work which will always stand as a monument to your profound 

 knowledge of the subject, and to the sacrifices which you have 

 ever been ready to make for the promotion of the study. 



Conchologists have learned from your example the necessity of 

 minute observation and precise description of our local fauna. In 

 recent years you have also shown that the detailed and accurate 

 examination of the land mollusca may suggest and exemplify 

 theories of high importance in general biology, and we welcome 

 the widespread acceptance of your views upon "Dominance in 

 Nature" as a signal testimony to the importance of the study 

 of conchology. 



It is our earnest wish that you may long be spared to continue 

 your investigations and to complete the monumental work upon 

 which you are engaged." 



R. BULLEN NEWTON, ipVeSi&Cnt. 

 LEWIS J. SHACKLEFORD, 113011. SCCVetavy. 



EDWARD COLLIER, 

 BERNARD R. LUCAS, 

 H. M. GWATKIN, 



lt)ice=iPresiDent6 : 



R. F. SCHARFF, 

 SYDNEY J. HICKSON, 

 J. W. HORSLEY, 

 WM. EVANS HOYLE, 



J. COSMO MELVILL, 

 EDGAR A. SMITH, 

 LIONEL E. ADAMS. 



