PRESENTATION TO MR. WILLIAM COLE. 12} 



BRITISH MUSKUM (NATURAL HISTORY), CROMWELL ROAD, LONDON, S.W., 



Nov. 6th. 

 Mv clear Meldola, 



I am sorry to be unable to attend the dinner at Chingford on Dec. 9th,. 

 and the presentation to Mr. William ( 'ok-. I am yet very far from having 

 recovered from my severe illness, which laid me up all the summer. 



I can, however, join in the expression of appreciation of .Mr. Cole's services to 

 the Essex Field Club, and do so most cordially. The (dub has done and is 

 doing most valuable service in cultivating the best kind of field work. There is 

 still plenty to be done, new things to be found ami new facts discovered about 

 old and well-known plants and animals. A Club such as ours brings a constant 

 supply of voting naturalists into contact with the problems which have occupied 

 the older generations, and a generous spirit of comradeship and enthusiasm in 

 the study of Nature is the result of such organization. 



With best wishes, I am sincerelv yours 



E. Kay LANKESTER. 



43, HRAD STREET, COLCHESTKR, 



Nov. 2q, I905. 

 Dear Mr. Christy, 



I am sorry I shall be unable to be present on the occasion of the 

 presentation to the Hon. Sec. of the Essex Field Club. 



I should have been glad to have taken part in honouring our friend, who has 

 done so much in furthering a love for natural history. It will be long, I suppose, 

 before there will be another opportunity, in any part of the Kingdom, for 

 presenting to any hon. secretary of a Society a testimonial foi such an almost life- 

 long persistent 'effort to interest all classes as has been exhibited by our friend, 

 Mr. Cole. 



In thanking him, we must not lose sight of the assistance we have received, 

 from other members of his family. I am glad the Society acknowledges this fact, 

 and I trust they may all long live to enjoy the esteem they have so well merited. 



I am, yours very truly, 



Henry LAVER. 



LEYTONSTONE, 



Nov. 11, 1905. 

 Dear Mr. Christy, 



I shall be 'in the West ofFngland at the time of your gathering and 

 shall, therefore, be unable to be present. 



. . . The address seems to me to be excellent, and truly expresses the 

 cordial recognition which all the contributors must entertain of the admirable 

 work Mr. Cole and his relatives have done in the cause of Essex Natural 

 History, Believe me, yours very truly, 



Arthur LISTER. 



LOUGHTON HALL, LOUGHTON, ESSEX, 



Nov. 28, 1905. 

 Dear Mr. Christy, . . . 



Pray express my regret that I am unable to attend the dinner on the 

 9th at Chingford. 



I wish every success to the gathering, and may Mr. Cole long continue his 

 most useful labours. Very truly yours, 



(Rev.) J. Whitaker MAITLAND. 



WYKEHAM HOUSE, OXFORD. 



November ~, 1905. 

 My dear Meldola, 



I am extremely sorry that the vast accumulation of work and many 

 things during my recent long journey with the British Association prevents me 

 from being present on an occasion which commands my warmest sympathy. 



