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heard him say that he had discovered over two hundred new 

 species of fossils and recent shells. He wrote but little on his 

 discoveries in conchology and paleontology but generously turned 

 them over to those especially interested. Of the numerous 

 finds made by him, at least twenty-five species bear his name. 



Prof. Sampson received his A.B. degree from the College of the 

 City of New York, in 1864 and an A.M. andLL.B. at New York 

 University in 1868. Prof. Sampson was a member of the Ameri- 

 can Historical Society, The Mississippi Valley Historical Asso- 

 ciation, The Academy of Sciences of St. Louis. He was a Delta 

 Kappa Epsilon, a Phi Beta Kappa and a Knight Templar. The 

 bulk of his writings relate to library work, consisting in the main 

 of bibliographies and catalogues. The following list covers his 

 work in conchology and kindred subjects. 



Bibliography of F. A. Sampson. 

 The shells of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 



Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, Vol. 5, No. 9, 



pp. 526-528, Jan. 1882. 

 Notes on the distribution of shells. 



Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, Vol. 5, No. 11, 



pp. 681-683, March, 1882. 

 The Natural History of Pettis County, Missouri. — Geology and 



Paleontology — Economic Geology — Land and Fresh-water 



Shells — Reptilia — Ornithology— Entomology — Botany. 



The History of Pettis County, Missouri, pp. 221-239, 1882. 

 Notes on the distribution of shells. 



Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, Vol. 6, Nos. 9- 



10, pp. 551-554, Feb. 1883. 

 Notes on the distribution of shells. 



Kansas City Review of Science and Industry, Vol. 7, No. 1, 



pp. 22-25, May, 1883. 

 The shells of Pettis County, Missouri. 



Bulletin of the Sedalia Natural History Society, No. 1, pp. 



16-28, Aug. 1885. 

 Notes on the distribution of shells. 



The American Naturalist, Vol. 21, pp. 83-86, 1887. 



