Books with author William M. Simpson

Excerpt from Report on the Crustacea: Brachyura and Anomura, Collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856In the meantime there are few students of the higher Crustacea who have not felt the need of more light on those rare genera and species known only from brief Latin diagnoses.The following report has been treated as an historical document, and is published substantially as it was written by the author, the only additions being the references to his preliminary descriptions and the footnotes giving the current or accepted name where it dif fers from that used by Dr. Stimpson. It is hoped that the value of the descriptions will more than compensate for the antiquated nomenclature.Numbers corresponding to those in the preliminary papers have been placed before each species for ready reference. The illustra tions are from pencil drawings made, it is supposed, by Dr. Stimpson himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from Report on the Crustacea: Brachyura and Anomura, Collected by the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1853-1856In the meantime there are few students of the higher Crustacea who have not felt the need of more light on those rare genera and species known only from brief Latin diagnoses.The following report has been treated as an historical document, and is published substantially as it was written by the author, the only additions being the references to his preliminary descriptions and the footnotes giving the current or accepted name where it dif fers from that used by Dr. Stimpson. It is hoped that the value of the descriptions will more than compensate for the antiquated nomenclature.Numbers corresponding to those in the preliminary papers have been placed before each species for ready reference. The illustra tions are from pencil drawings made, it is supposed, by Dr. Stimpson himself.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Haco the Dreamer - A Tale of Scotch University Life: Vol. II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Excerpt from Haco the Dreamer, Vol. 2 of 2: A Tale of Scotch University LifeMrs Baxter lifted her hands with some surprise Here was Sandy calling the laird's son by his last name. Then She looked at the medals on the mantelpiece, and felt that her son was justified in calling anybody anything, She had heard him allude to Sir Thomas himself as Old Free Incisions,' that very day, and she looked out of the window to see if the sky was falling but the sky didn't fall. Spens and Old Free Incisions Well, well, she mentally agreed with her husband's comprehensive summary of surprise, 'od's sake! I do not know what the world's coming to.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from Haco the Dreamer, Vol. 2 of 2: A Tale of Scotch University LifeMrs Baxter lifted her hands with some surprise Here was Sandy calling the laird's son by his last name. Then She looked at the medals on the mantelpiece, and felt that her son was justified in calling anybody anything, She had heard him allude to Sir Thomas himself as Old Free Incisions,' that very day, and she looked out of the window to see if the sky was falling but the sky didn't fall. Spens and Old Free Incisions Well, well, she mentally agreed with her husband's comprehensive summary of surprise, 'od's sake! I do not know what the world's coming to.'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.