Subscribers,
 
Don't misconstrue my implied pique as my failure to appreciate the labors of
scholars who alter and illuminate my daily life.  I think I realize the
complexities of an undertaking such as writing this tract (vide infra), but
I laud the work (give PRAISE) just as the paleo- and malaco- communities do.
Such work does NOT go unrecognized or unrewarded.  (I admit I don't PAY
anything more than the cost per volume).
 
Harry
 
 
At 01:49 PM 3/8/99 +0900, Terry Arnold wrote:
>When one considers the amount of work involved in constructing the
>> Treatise It is very understandable why it is taking so long to get the
>> gastropods covered. I know that Alison Kay has been working on the
>> Cypraeidae section for over 5 years now but the end is in sight for that
>> section at least.
 
>Absolutely. The Treatise is the original Thankless Task; no pay, no praise.
>I have a mild family interest as my dad is involved with writing the
>Ammonoidea volumes. I can assure anyone who thinks the Treatise is taking
>too long that they might not be too eager to do it themselves if they knew
>what was involved...
>
At 05:46 PM 3/7/1999 , Paul Callomon wrote in flowing prose:
>> There is a prodigious work entitled "Treatise on invertebrate paleontology,"
>> which has dealt with numerous phyla.  Among the mollusca, only the
>> cephalopods and bivalves have been treated intensively, and, although this
>> was considered a work-in-progress, I sense that the cast of contributors and
>> editor haven't maintained the enterprise, which you can see was desultory at
>> its best.
 
>Harsh words - another part was released last year, and work is in progress
>on several others to the best of my knowledge. The problem, as with all
>these collective efforts, is getting people to get on with it. The
>Gastropoda up to the Rissooidea are very well covered in volume 1.
Harry G. Lee
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