Excerpt from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Vol. 1: Selected Chiefly From the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson Although the first volume of the Exotic Butterflies, which is now brought to a close, has not succeeded in a pecuniary point of View, we do not hesitate to proceed with a second - having abundant materials with which to fill its pages - willing to consider any loss which we may sustain as a slight contribution towards the advance ment of our favourite science, and unwilling that the many beautiful things which have delighted our own eyes should not also be enjoyed by our brother naturalists. 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.