Excerpt from A Critical Summary of Troost's Unpublished Manuscript on the Crinoids of Tennessee NO doubt it is as correct as such lists can be expected to be, and in every respect a monograph would be a highly valuable addition to our knowledge; and I am happy to be able to state that Professor Troost is preparing a monograph of all these crinoids, illustrated by 220 figures. The list contained the names of Only 85 Of the 108 species described in the final paper. 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.