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Excerpt from A Bibliography of the Tunicata, 1469-1910 IN preparing for publication by the Ray Society Alder 85 Hancock's British Tunicata I found it necessary to compile a bibliography of works treating of British species which had appeared up to the time the authors ceased their labours on the Class. Joseph Alder died in 1867, Albany Hancock in 1873, and as he appears to have ceased to work at their ms. A few years after the death of his coadjutor, the end of the year 1870 seemed to be the best time to close all references to the species described. The preparation of the present Bibliography was therefore undertaken in the first instance to that date for my own use only, but as other works besides those relating to British species were included, and in the course of its compilation it was found to have added many references to any previous bibliography of the Tunicata, it appeared to me that it might be useful to others if printed. On suggesting this to Canon Norman, who was then giving me his advice and assistance in preparing for the press Alder Hancock's monograph, he said that a bibliography of works which had appeared since the date named would be far more useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.