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Detroit, Michigan, Oct, 20, 1906. 



Dear Sir, 



your favor of August 31- announcing the publication of a 

 Japanese conchological magazine was duly received. The great 

 progress during the last few years in our knowledge of the won- 

 derful fauna of Japan has been wholly due to your zealous and 

 painstaking labors. It is a subject of sincere congratulation that 

 you are about to undertake the publication of a magagine that will 

 enable Your own people to appreceato and sludy the shells of their 

 own country. It can not fail to stimulate popular interest in this 

 delightful branch of science. 



With best wishes for your success in this laudable enterprise, 



I am, 



Yours very sincerely 



Bryant Walker. 



Washington, D. C, Oct. 22,1906. 



My dear sir: 



I hope your project of a magazine for contributions to the 

 knowledge of Japanese shells may be successful, and should be 

 pleased to enroll myself among your subscribers, although I can not 

 unfortunately read the Japanese language. No country has a more 

 interesting fauna of mollusks than Japan, and with the numerous 

 Japanese artists who understand so well how to portray natural 5 

 objects, you should have no difficulty in illustrating your articles 

 beautifully. 1 should be pleased, if occasion offers, to send you 

 some notes for your publication, 



Believe me, 



Yours sincerely, 



Wm. H. Dall 



