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Curlers of the early Georgian period, Old Fire Signs and Leather 

 Bucket, Brass Rubbings, Tokens, obsolete domestic and agri- 

 cultural utensils, and several other exhibits which need not be 

 detailed. The idea is that in the larger building, to be erected 

 hereafter, each period of man's history upon earth shall be shown 

 in chronological sequence, so that there shall be illustrated a series 

 of regional exhibits of the life of the human race. 



In addition to the foregoing, Letchworth museum contains 

 well-arranged collections of Local Animals (Birds, Fishes, Insects, 

 Mammals, Mollusca) and Plants, as well as Rocks and Minerals, 

 British, Roman, and English Coins, Birds' Eggs and Skulls, a 

 remarkable series of whole -plate photographs of British Trees 

 set out in pairs, Summer and Winter, together with the boles 

 of some thirty species, and a Natural Science and Town-planning 

 Library. 



All this work has been accomplished in less than three years, 

 and as, in after time, it will continue to remind my successors of 

 the work which I have myself been privileged to undertake, 

 and which I hope to be spared to carry on for many years to 

 come, it may well serve as a fitting conclusion to this account of 

 my " Life." 



It is always pleasant to reflect that one has occupied an 

 honourable position, and to build up a permanent record of 

 one's energies, for, after all, the best " degree " one can obtain 

 is exemplified in work actually accomplished. One cannot, it 

 seems to me, graduate to better advantage, or under happier 

 conditions, than in the university of life, for, under these circum- 

 stances, one is best able to serve the community in which he 

 lives, and to make his influence felt in the sphere in which he 

 moves. Such being the case, I am content to leave whatever 

 value at which my own efforts may be appraised to the judg- 

 ment of my fellows, conscious of the fact that, in thus rendering 

 service, the pleasure derived, and, incidentally, the broadened 

 outlook upon life that is obtained, is ample compensation for the 

 labour entailed. 



My own life, as I have endeavoured to set forth in this volume, 

 has been one continuous round of knowledge -seeking and un- 

 alloyed delight, and, as such, I have faithfully related my 

 experiences in the pleasant anticipation that the reader will 

 have been both interested and impressed. 



