RECENT WORKS ON 
LAND AND FRESHWATER SHELLS. 
The | Collector's Manual | of | British Land and Freshwater | Shells. | 
Containing Figures and Descriptions of every species, an | account of their 
Habits and Localities, Hints on | Preserving and Arranging, etc. ; the 
Census of Comital Distribution | By | Lionet Ernest Apams, B.A, | 
Hon. Treasurer of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. 
1896. [Small 8vo, cloth, pp. iv+ii+214+ 10 plates with explanatory leaves 
+xii pages of advertisements : Price 10/6 coloured, 8/6 plain]. 
A Label List | of | the Varieties of the | British | Five-Banded Land Shells. 
| with the Band Formule | for | Helix nemoralis and Helix hortensis | — | 
Price One Penny. | — | London: | Office of ** Science-Gossip,” 1, Northum- 
berland Avenue, W.C. | Printed by the Nassau Steam Press, Limited, 
London. [By John T. Carrington; dated May 1896 ; 8vo, 12 pages]. 
Darlington | Naturalists’ Field Club. | = | List of Land and Freshwater | 
Shells indigenous to Tees | Valley. | = | Compiled by | J. W. GELDARD 
& R. Taytox Manson. | 1896. | — | Darlington: | The Northern Echo 
Printing Works, Priestgate.—4860 [8 octavo leaves]. 
TuE close attention paid by students and collectors of late years to 
our Land and Freshwater Mollusca has resulted in the addition 
of several species to the British list, whilst the life-history, variation, 
and distribution of many of the more familiar species have been 
upon the affection of conchologists, they can no longer be con- 
sidered up to date. The altered conditions, together with inevitable 
changes in nomenclature, have created a demand for some work 
which, whilst being moderate in price, shall embody an account of 
the new species and more important varieties, and present the 
subject in a concise and readable form. 
These requirements appear to be met by Mr. Adams’ manual, 
which is the outcome of a wider and more varied experience in 
May 1897. 
