XX 
COXCHOLOGICAL AUTHORS. 
of a French naturalist, a translation of whose paper on this 
subject is printed in one of the early volumes of the Annual 
Register. And when Sir Joseph Banks gave his history of 
the introduction of the Potatoe, in the Transactions of the 
Horticultural Society, from the notes of Dryander, he was 
not aware that the same matter had been detailed in Thral- 
keld’s Synopsis Stirpium Hiberniearum. 
Wood. General Conchology, by W. Wood, F. 11. S. and 
F. L. S. Volume the first, octavo, 1815. 
This excellent and scientific volume contains sixty colored 
plates, explanatory of the Genera Chiton, Lepas, Fholas, 
Mya, Solen, Teliina, and Cardium, with descriptions at 
large, besides much useful and explanatory matter. .Mr. 
Woodpossesses a clear and comprehensive knowledge of the 
subject, with a peculiar felicity of delineation and descrip¬ 
tion. And we wilL not abandon the hope, that this respect¬ 
able author will be eventually induced to a continuation and 
completion of so great and desirable a design. 
If in the foregone short examination and appreciation of 
individual merit, it shall be objected to us that we have in¬ 
dulged ourselves in asperity of censure, let it not he for¬ 
gotten, that it is our duty, as far as we are able, to purify 
the polluted sources of intelligence and record, to point out 
gross and indesinent error, and to give every bird his pro¬ 
per feather. Our reverence for truth, and regard for accu¬ 
racy, will at all times supersede our personal respect, per¬ 
haps our courtesy. To such discipline we cheerfully sub¬ 
mit our own labours, and shall thankfully acknowledge the 
correction of our errors ; solicitous only For that f £t - 
xgoin which the dignity of sound learning can alone bestow. 
One word more to the strict disciples of the Linnean 
school. It does not as yet seem decided in what manner 
to write the denomination of this mighty Coryphmus of 
natural history. In Sweden the termination us is an affix 
to plebeian names only. After his enrolment therefore, 
among the ranks of nobility,it was consequently exchanged 
for Von Linne, or aLinne, exchanging the diphthong. In 
strict propriety then, it should be Linne for his name; Lin- 
n£an for what appertains to Ills name ; and Linn6a borealis 
for his plant. 
