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The late Mr. Frank Buckland, the Rev. Hugh Macmillan, Ruskin, and 

 other eminent authorities were quoted in support of the importance of 

 correct observation, and as being superior to mere book-learning. It 

 was shown that nature was a fruitful source of idea and suggestion to 

 architects, engineers, painters, wood-carvers, etc., and that bees, ants, 

 and other insects taught many good lessons in design. The forces of 

 nature — heat, electricity, gas, etc. — opened their secrets to the inquiring 

 mind of the engineer, who put them, to some extent, under control for 

 the benefit of men. The writer, in conclusion, quoted from Canon 

 Liddon : " Everywhere around you are evidences of the existence and 

 movement of a mysterious power, which you can neither see nor touch, 

 nor define, nor measure, nor understand. This power lives speechless, 

 voiceless, unseen, yet energetic in every bough above your head, and in 

 every blade of grass beneath your feet." 



Two valuable cases of beetles of the Derwent Valley were shown by 

 Mr. R. S. Bagnall of Winlaton, which, with a collection of pressed wild 

 flowers, shown by Mr. Bulman, added very much to the interest of the 

 meeting. The secretary announced that he had succeeded in arranging 

 for a lecture or paper on various subjects in natural history for every 

 meeting during the winter. The next lecture, on " Milk, and the Feed- 

 ing of Children," will be given by Mr. G. Ord on 5th December. Four 

 new members were elected. The Rev. A. G. Baldwin moved, and Mr. 

 W. Houghan seconded, a vote of thanks to Mr. Bulman for his valuable 

 paper, which was enthusiastically carried. 



The same field club has issued vol. iv. of Notes on the History, 

 Ornithology, Entomology, and Botany of t/ie Vale of Derweiit. This 

 volume contains a selection of the papers read before the members, and 

 contains, in addition to much interesting matter, some excellent illustra- 

 tions. The club is now sixteen years old, and is doing excellent work. 



We have received the Transactio7is of the Hull Scientific and Field 

 Naturalists' Club for the year 1903 (vol. iii. No. 1), edited by Thomas 

 Sheppard, F.G.S. Included in this volume is Mr. Wade's paper on 

 the " Birds of Bempton Clifts," to which we drew attention in our last 

 issue. A vast amount of other local work is also dealt with, amongst 

 which may be mentioned contributions on " The Marine Fauna of 

 the Humber District and the Holderness Coast," by T. Petch, B.Sc. ; 

 "Evidences relating to East Hull," by Thomas Blashill, F.R.I.B.A. ; 

 "Addenda to the Flora of the East Riding," by J. F. Robinson ; "Dis- 

 persal of Shells by Beetles," by Rev. E. P. Blackburn ; "A Preliminary 

 List of Lepidoptera occurring within eight miles of Hull," by J. W. 

 Boult ; "Third List of Yorkshire Coleoptera," by T. Stainforth and 

 H. E. Johnson ; "Additions to the Diatomaceae of Hull District," by 

 R. H. Philip ; and various shorter notes. 



The illustrations to the volume are numerous and well reproduced. 

 The secretary's report states that in no previous part of the club's 

 history has it accomplished so much as in the past year, a very satis- 

 factory matter (1901-1902). In 1902-1903 no less than twenty-five 

 lectures were given, a large proportion being on local investigations of 



