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life, I have accumulated in my portfolios about three thousand figures 

 of animals or parts of animals, all drawn by myself from nature, of 

 which about two thousand five hundred are of the Invertebrate 

 Classes, and about half of these done under the microscope. The 

 portion of the work now issued (Part I.) contains figures of three 

 hundred and forty species, — a figure of every genus named, — of 

 which one hundred and twenty are drawn from living, and one 

 hundred and two from preserved, specimens. Those who are familiar 

 with the subject will, I trust, acquit me of vain-glory in affirming that 

 upwards of a hundred figures taken from living animals in these low 

 forms, constitute a somewhat unusual feature in a book of this size 

 and price. Of the character of the figures I must leave others to 

 judge. 



" The entire work will consist of two parts, each complete in itself. 

 Part I., now issued, includes the following classes : — 

 I. Poriphora. VIII. Annelida. 



II. Infusoria. IX. Rotifera. 



III. Rhizopoda. X. Crustacea. 



IV. Zoophyta. XI. Cirripedia. 



V. Acalepha. XII. Arachnida. 



VI. Echinodermata. XIII. Insecta. 



VII. Turbellaria. 

 " Part II. is in a state of forwardness, and will be published as 

 soon as possible. It will include the following classes : — 

 XIV. Polyzoa. XIX. Pteropoda. 



XV. Tunicata. XX. Cephalopoda. 



XVI. Brachiopoda. XXI. Pisces. 



XVII. Conchifera. XXII. Mammalia. 



XV II I. Gasteropoda." 

 The Glossary requires revision. 



' Annals and Magazine of Natural History.'' No. 94, dated 

 October, 1855; price 2s. Qd. London: Taylor and Francis, 

 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 



The contents of the October number are as follows : — 

 * The Vegetable Individual in its relation to Species,' By. Dr. 

 Alexander Braun. [Extracted originally from the Transactions of 

 the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences for 1853, but the English 

 translation reprinted from ' Silliman's American Journal' for May, 

 1855.] 



