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Excerpt from The English Catalogue of Books, Vol. 4: An Alphabetical List of Works Published in the United Kingdom and of the Principal Works Published in America, With Dates of Publication, Indication of Size, Price Edition, and Publisher's Name; January 1881 to December 1889 <p>It may be useful to add, that when publications of a Society are sold in the regular way as books, they are generally placed in Appendix B. The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, separately issued, are an instance of this. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.