PREFACE. XI 
him that it is the History of Insects, and the Physiology of 
Insects, and the Classification of Insects, and the Art of 
Preserving Insects.” This book soon went out of print. 
In 1836 the laws and regulations of the Entomological Club 
were codified; Mr. Newman was re-elected Curator, and Mr. 
Walker, Secretary ; and an appeal was made for contributions 
of insects and books. This appeal was most liberally responded 
to, many gentlemen, Mr. Newman amongst the number, giving 
their whole collection ; and other valuable donations of insects 
were received. So liberal were the donations that the Club 
had to choose between building a museum and paying a 
curator, or disposing of all but the British insects. Eventually 
the bulk of the collection was presented to the British 
Museum. The second regulation is—‘‘That the Cabinet 
and Library be open at the house of the Curator, 21, Union 
Street, Deptford, on the Friday in every week during the 
months of January, February, March, April, September, 
October, November, and December.”’ This practice of throwing 
open his house to naturalists on one evening in the week was 
continued until 1841. From that year until 1849 the Club 
cabinets were under the care of Edward Doubleday and of 
Francis Walker. On Mr. Newman’s removal to York Grove, 
Peckham, in 1849, he resumed the curatorship, and in 1856 
the weekly assemblies. He always looked forward to the 
company of his friend Mr. Jenner Weir on these occasions ; 
indeed, it was in great measure owing to his kind assistance 
in after years, when health was failing, that they could be 
continued. In a letter to him, dated 8th September, 1856, 
5.45 a.m., he writes:—‘I am re-arranging the Lepidoptera 
belonging to the Entomological Club, and am doing this 
solely for the purpose of assisting beginners, who are almost 
daily applying to me for names. I purpose being at home at 
six o’clock every Thursday evening for this especial purpose. 
You will see that the Collection ought to be in better condition 
than it now is, or I shall not be so useful as I could wish. This 
idea is not new: I did the same thirty years ago, and continued 
the practice for many years; but other cares intervened, and 
the cabinets went to poor Doubleday, whose generous disposition 
was not qualified for a curatorship, and under him the Collection 
