recently started would, however, have delighted the heart of our 

 Founder. It is the Literary Section. Literature should always 

 hold a large place in human thought and aspiration. If this 

 Section is well managed and supported it will be a source of 

 strength to our whole body, for how many of the bare facts of 

 Natural Science appear dry and uninteresting when taken alone. 

 It requires the poetic thought of a Goethe to rehabilitate the 

 dead bones, or the philosophic genius of a Wendle Holmes to 

 make us lay hold of the broader facts in nature, and trace their 

 far reaching consequences both as a training to the mind and 

 an awakening of a true perception of their value. 



We have now 660 Members in the Society ; 43 new 

 Members have joined us in the past year. We have lost, by 

 death and removal, 1 7 Members. 



Amongst our Honorary Members we mourn the death of 

 Mrs. Kingsley, who, by her many acts of kindness, and by her 

 admirable Life of her husband, has helped to keep alive the 

 memory of one to whom Chester and this Society owe so much. 



We have now in the Natural History Room a copy of 

 Woolner's Bust of Charles Kingsley, presented to the 

 Society by Miss Kingsley. 



We have also to record ihe death of Prof. Sterry Hunt, 

 of Montreal, Canada. Many of us can recall, with pleasure, his 

 being with us at our Conversazione in 1887, when so many 

 famous Geologists visited this country for the Geological 

 Conference held under our late President, Prof. T. McKenny 

 Hughes. 



In the first list of our Members will 'be found the name 

 of Mr. J. Tatlock, late City Coroner. In his death we have 

 a great loss. He was a staunch supporter of our Society, and 

 has made us many valuable presents. At the building of this 

 Museum he acted as legal adviser to the Committee, and not 

 only gave his services but also presented the Legal Stamp 

 Duties (no small sum) as his subscription. He was a skilled 



