THE LATE JAMES HARDY, LL.D. 3 



History of the Cuckoo," l which contains a vast fund of 

 information on this oft-written-upon, and almost inexhaust- 

 ible subject ; and the paper, which runs to over 40 pp., 

 is an apt illustration of the resources of its author, and 

 the thoroughness with which his work was always done. 

 In 1892-95 the Folk Lore Society published, under his 

 editorship, two volumes entitled " Denham Tracts," com- 

 prising a collection of folk lore by Michael Aislabie 

 Denham ; and interspersed throughout the book are to be 

 found many additions by the editor from his own store of 

 information, these being always distinguished by the initials 

 (J. H.) appended to them. 



It was, however, in connection with the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club that Dr. Hardy was perhaps best known, 

 and to the members of that club his loss is well-nigh irre- 

 parable. Though he did not formally join the club till 

 1863, he had contributed considerably to its "Proceedings" 

 for many years previously ; ' 2 and upon the death of Mr. 

 George Tate, in 1871, he was appointed, along with the late 

 Dr. Francis Douglas, to the Secretaryship. From that time 

 forward the duties of editing the annual publications 

 devolved almost entirely upon him, and the success with 

 which he accomplished that work is written in every volume 

 of the Club's history. Losing the help of Dr. Douglas by 

 that gentleman's death in 1886, Dr. Hardy acted as sole 

 Secretary of the Club till 1896, when the Rev. George Gunn 

 was associated with him in that office. In recognition of 

 his valuable and gratuitous services, his fellow members 

 presented him, in the jubilee year of the Club (1881), with 

 a valuable microscope bearing an appropriate inscription, 

 together with a cheque for ^111 towards enabling him to 

 bind up his voluminous collection of books, pamphlets, and 

 manuscripts. 



In April 1890, Mr. Hardy had the degree of LL.D. 

 conferred upon him, honoris causa, by the University of 

 Edinburgh ; and two months later, at its first meeting for the 

 year, the members of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, in 



1 Folk Lore Record, part ii. 



2 His first paper, entitled " Contributions to the Flora of Berwickshire," 

 appeared in 1839, vol. i. pp. 206-210. 



