
Wuen going to press we regret to have to 
record the death of Dr. Cotter, at the com- 
paratively early age of 50. His professional 
ability had gained for him a reputation as one 
of Manchester’s ablest surgeons, and his loss 
as such will be widely felt. But it was as a 
mountaineer that he came to Burnley to lecture, 
and as a mountaineer he stood in the front 
rank. One of our most brilliant rock-climbers, 
he added great technical skill to a real en- 
thusiasm for the pastime, and a wide knowledge 
of mountain districts in the Alps, the Caucasus, 
and Norway. He returned again and again to 
his favourite peaks in the Eastern Alps, and 
members will remember his fascinating lecture 
on ‘The Dolomites,’ 
cation of the sport of mountaineering with 
which he concluded his remarks. The Club 
will share the deep regret, felt by a wide circle 
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and the eloquent vindi- 
of personal friends, that so useful and success- 
ful a career has been so abruptly terminated. 
H.UJ. 

