Excerpt from The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, Vol. 3: And Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Montreal; February, 1858 Poe and Mr. Murphy deserve especial mention, as having devoted much time and effort to the improvement and increase of our means of study in this department.' 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.