Testimonial to the Editor. lAbl 



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Presentation of a Testimonial to the Editor, by the Contributors to, 

 and Readers o/, the ' Zoologist.'' 



"To Edward Newman, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., Mem. Imp.L.-C. Acad., 

 Late President of the Entomological Society ; &c., &c. 



" Dear Sir, — A high appreciation of the services rendered by 

 yourself, in the promotion and diffusion of scientific knowledge, 

 induced several gentlemen, of kindred tastes, to unite as a Committee 

 for eliciting some public expression of a like estimation, which they 

 had ample grounds for believing was very generally entertained by 

 naturalists. 



"If was not their object to obtain any large amount of •Subscrip- 

 tions, but rather to afford a suitable opportunity for the expression of 

 a sincere and grateful goodjtvill on the part of those who had bene- 

 fited by your persevering and unobtrusive labours in a good cause. 



" The large sacrifice of your own time in assisting younger entomo- 

 logists in the examination of the rich collection belonging to the 

 Entomological Club ; and in various other modes on behalf of Science 

 and ^ientific men ; the courtesy so constantly shown to all who 

 seek information from you; the independence of your opinions, truth- 

 fully expressed, without gi\'ing just grounds of offence to those who 

 differ from you ; — these; and many other considerations, must amply 

 warrant the step taken by the Committee ; while also rendering expla- 

 nations of that step almost needless among those persons who devote 

 themselves to the study of Natural History. 



" The ' Zoologist ' has become a repertory of facts, in one depart- 

 ment of Natural History, at once valuable as voluminous, and can 

 scarcely be paralleled, in these respects, by any work in the libraries 

 of Science. Botanists have had good reason to regret that the issue 

 of its precursor and companion, the ' Phytologist,' long similarly 

 serviceable in accumulating and diffusing knowledge in the allied 

 branch of Natural History, was interrupted. While your own works, 

 of a more individual character — as the ' History of British Ferns,' the 

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