The Field Naturalist's 

 Quarterly 



Vol. I. NOVEMBER 1902. No. 4. 



Editorials. 



By the time that this autumn issue of the * Field NaturaHst's 

 Quarterly ' is in the hands of our readers, most clubs and 

 societies will have held their annual meetings, and elected 

 their office-bearers for another year. To those who have 

 undertaken the management of such bodies we would offer 

 our best wishes for success in their undertakings, and would 

 venture to make some suggestions for their thoughtful con- 

 sideration. We have had an extensive experience of field 

 clubs in various parts of the country, and a still more exten- 

 sive correspondence with their secretaries and members for 

 some years past, and the result of that experience is to 

 convince us that, in spite of the large amount of good work 

 done by these bodies, — work which no one appreciates more 

 than we do, — there is much room for improvement in cer- 

 tain directions. That this is the opinion of many of their 

 members we have ample evidence of. It is not our intention 

 to lay down a line of policy to be followed by all societies ; 

 different localities require varying lines of work, and this 

 can best be determined by those on the spot. We simply 

 wish to draw the attention of those who are responsible 

 for mapping out the session's work to one point which our 

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