124 PRESENTATION TO MR. WILLIAM COLE. 



I heartily congratulate William Cole for all he has done, and the Essex 

 Field Club in the possession of so enthusiastic and successful a helper. We want 

 many more natural history Societies in England with the high standard of the 

 Essex Field Club, but in order to get them we need many more men like 

 William Cole. However, we must hope for the best, and rest content with the 

 knowledge that such well organized and admirable effort is itself productive of 

 good work in others, and sooner or later is certain to lead to the growth of other 

 organizing centres of beneficent knowledge. 



Hoping that you will have a most successful evening, 



I am, yours sincerely, 



E. B. POULTON. 



TERLTNG PLACE, WTTHAM, ESSEX, 



Nov. ~t/i, 1905. 

 Dear Prof. Meldola, 



I am afraid it is not possible for me to come to the dinner at Chingford 

 on Dec. 9, but I am glad that an opportunity has been found for recognising the 

 services of Mr. Cole as Hon. Sec. to the Club over so many years. Though I 

 have myself been able to take but little part, I have always understood that 

 the activities of the Club, as directed by him, have been of great advantage to 

 ■the County. 



Yours very truly, 



RAYLEIGH. 



18, st. george's road, kilburn, n.w., 



Dec. 8 th, 1905. 



My dear Professor, 



Could I have had the advantage of being at Chingford, it would have been 

 an unfeigned pleasure to me to have added my feeble tribute of esteem to the 

 volume of appreciation which will, I am sure, go forth in recognition of the long 

 and disinterested services rendered to our Club by Mr. W. Cole, and by his 

 brothers and sisters. 



I feel, indeed, that Mr. W. Cole has been the guiding spirit of the Club from 

 its original inception ; I know that he remains its organizing head to-day ; 

 and I tiust that he may be spared to hold this position for many a day to come. 

 I join, therefore, with you in offering to him my warm congratulation on his 

 work in the Past and the Present, while tendering to him my sincere wishes for 

 its continuance in the Future. 



I am. Dear Professor Meldola, yours faithfully, 



F. W. RLTDLER. 



Che i.ms for i), 



Nov. 29, IQ05. 

 Dear Mr. Christy, 



I had been hoping to be able to attend the dinner given to Mr. Cole on 

 the 9th prox., but I am so deeply engaged that I fear I shall be unable 

 to do so. 



I have known Mr. Cole ever since I came into Essex, and have so often 

 been indebted to him for valuable assistance that I feel he richly deserves the 

 token of appreciation to be presented to him at the dinner. 1 sinceiely hope 

 that he and his family may long be spared to continue their good works in the 

 interest of the Field Club and the County of Essex. 



Yours faithfully, 



John C. THRESH. 



II, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, LONDON, E.C. 



■jth Dec, 1905. 

 Dear Mr. Christy, 



I very much regret to find that it will be quite impossible for me to be 

 present at the complimentary dinner to my old friend, William Cole. 



