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Mc0le^ IRaturalists' Societi^. 



"^T^HE Triennial Election of Officers has just taken place with 

 j[ the following results : — 



President : Rev. Hilderic Friend, F.L.S., Carlisle. 

 Vice-Presidents: Dr. Kimmins, Downing Coll., Cambridge. 



Rev. G. Stringer Rowe, Headingley Coll. 

 John Potts, Esq., F.G S., F.R.M.S., Mac- 

 clesfield. 

 G. Swainson, Esq., F.L.S., Bolton. 

 Council : J. Beauchamp, Esq., London. 



Rev. W. T. Davison, M.A., Richmond Coll. 

 Miss Kate Hessell, Queenswood Coll. 

 J. B. Bessell, Esq., Bristol. 

 Rev. A. S. Geden, M.A., Leeds. 

 F. W. Sutcliffe, Esq., F.R.M.S., Oldham. 

 J. F. Stead, Esq., J. P., Southport. 

 Rev. W. E. Codling, F.R.M.S., Leeds. 

 M. E. Swan, Esq., London. 

 T. D. Wright, Esq., Lancaster. 

 Rev. S. J. P. Dunman, Cardiff. 

 Rev. C. Crawshaw, Bradford. 

 Secretaries : Rev. W. Spiers, M,A., F.G.S., &c. 

 Dr. Bousfield. 

 The Annual Meeting and President's Address will take place 

 in London in the Autumn, particulars of which will be given in 

 our next. No definite arrangements have yet been made for the 

 Annual Excursion. 



The History of Mexico. By Hubert Howe Bancroft. 

 Vol. n. 8vo, pp.xiv. — 790. (San Francisco : The History ]*ublishing Co., 

 London : Trubner & Co.) 



This is one of the series of works by Mr. H. H. Bancroft, the great 

 American historian. It contains the history of Mexico between the years 1521 

 and 1600, and relates the doings of Cortes and his companions after the 

 conquest ; the coldness of the king and the attitude of the viceroys are 

 discussed. An account is also given of ecclesiastical affairs and the spread of 

 colonisation. 



