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FREDERICK WRIGHT, D. D., LL. D., F. G. S. A. With Maps and Illustrations. $1.75. 70. HANDBOOK OF GREEK AND LATIN PALEOGRAPHY. BY EDWARD MAUNDE THOMPSON, D. C. L., LL. D., F. S. A. $2.00. 71. A HISTORY OF CRUSTACEA. Recent Malacostraca. THOMAS R. R. STEBBING, M. A. With numerous Illustrations. By the Rev. THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES A HISTORY OF CRUSTACEA RECENT MALACOSTRA CA BY THE REV. THOMAS R. R. STEBBING, M. A. FORMERLY FELLOW AND TUTOR OF WORCESTER COLLEGE, OXFORD THE NATURALIST OF CUMBRAE, THE CHALLENGER AMPHIPODA, ETC. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1893 މ 963384-154 PREFACE THE ambition of this volume is that it shall be one to which beginners in the subject will naturally have recourse, and one which experienced observers may willingly keep at hand for refreshment of the memory and ready reference. An attempt has been made in it to bring the reader face to face with the vastness of the theme, to show him how variously it may engage the human mind, and to give him a groundwork of information as to the objects to be examined, with a side glance at the literature that has discussed them. It is not very generally known that the species of Crustacea extend to a number of several thousands, and that some of these species people parts of the ocean in enormous swarms. Of some of the groups the general character is familiar to every one, but there are also groups of which most persons either know nothing or have not the least idea that they belong to the Crustacea. The beginner, therefore, will have provinces of a new world opened to his exploration. There is curiosity to be gratified. The sporting instinct will discover many an unexhausted territory. In the manners and customs of the creatures there is much to afford entertainment, and almost every new observer finds something singular to relate. In examining the structure both external and internal, whether in new species or in those that have been long established, the acutest powers of observation may be trained and profitably employed. Moreover, the highest ingenuity is excited and finds scope in the effort to explain the meaning of the facts observed. For, judging by discoveries already made, we are warranted in supposing that, down to the finest hair, every detail of every organism has its motive and meaning. Nor need man despair of finding out something for his private and personal benefit while investigating the physiology of a shrimp. It is needless to insist that a hundred volumes such as the present would not suffice to discuss the subject in all its bearings, since a hundred volumes would be but a small fraction of what has been already written upon it, and the incessant stream of publications widens and deepens as it flows. By the references made to some of the most recent and to some of the most important authorities, the student will be guided in general to adequate lists of literature. In consulting these bibliographical notices he will be perhaps as much amazed by the multitude of writers and writings as at first by the multitude of the genera and species of the Crustacea themselves. He will be led to consider it not unreasonable that the present volume should have been content to deal with one half of the entire class, leaving the other half for a future occasion. |