{Extract from original Prospectus, July 1865.) 



" The want of such a Club as the present has long been felt, wherein 

 Microscopists and students with kindred tastes might meet at stated periods 

 to hold cheerful converse with each other, exhibit and exchange specimens, 

 read papers on topics of interest, discuss doubtful points, compare notes of 

 progress, and gossip over those special subjects in which they are more or 

 less interested : where, in fact, each member would be solicited to bring his 

 own individual experience, be it ever so small, and cast it into the treasury 

 for the general good. Such are some of the objects which the present Club 

 seeks to attain. In addition thereto it hopes to organize occasional Field 

 Excursions, at proper seasons, for the collection of living specimens, to 

 acquire a Library of such books of reference as will be most useful to 

 enquiring students ; and, trusting to the proverbial liberality of Micro- 

 scopists, to add thereto a comprehensive Cabinet of Objects. By these, and 

 similar means, the Quekett Microscopical Club seeks to merit the support 

 of all earnest men who may be devoted to such pursuits ; and, by fostering 

 and encouraging a love for Microscopical studies, to deserve the approval 

 of men of science and more learned societies." 



