Excerpt from The Collector's Manual of British Land and Freshwater Shells: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Every Species, an Account of Their Habits and Localities, Hints on Preserving and Arranging, Etc;; The Names and Description of All Varieties and Synoptical Tables Showing the Difference of Species Hard to Identify The object of this little "manual" is to enable a novice to collect, identify, and arrange systematically the various shells-both land and freshwater - which abound in every part of these islands. Remembering the difficulties that I at first encountered in identifying the various species, I have paid special attention to those which are likely to present themselves to other beginners. To this end I have framed synoptical tables of the differences between those species of Zonites and Vertigo which are most closely allied. I have also shown in a tabular form the relations the different classes, orders, and genera bear to one another. I have taken as a model the "British Conchology" of Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys - our highest authority on the subject. I am also indebted to Forbes and Hanley's work, Mr. Rimmer's excellent book, to Mr. T. Rogers of Manchester, and to several others for many useful facts and hints. 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.