138 Sheppard : Yorkshire’s Contribution to Science. 
to Leeds, and we find the title modified to The Naturalist, a 
monthly gournal of natural history for the north of England. 
It was edited by W. Denison Roebuck and W. Eagle Clarke, 
and their first volume (vol. 10 of the new series) contend 16 
monthly parts, from August 1884 to December 1885 (376 pages). 
This enabled No. 11 and future volumes to cover the year, January 
to December, which was convenient. After four years of this dual 
editorship, Mr. Eagle Clarke’s appointment to the Museum at 
Edinburgh caused him to resign his position, and from 188g to 
1g02 it appeared under the editorship of Mr. Roebuck, with the 
assistance of specialists in different departments, except for the 
year 1892, when Mr. E. R. Waite was his colleague. 
After its removal to Leeds the journal contained 32 pages 
monthly, and occasionally had an illustration. During his 
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editorship, Mr. Roebuck made the publication of bibliographies 
and lists of various kinds a strong feature, and frequently these 
have been found of great service to students and specialists. 
On Mr. Roebuck’s resignation in 1902, the printing, pub- 
lishing, and, to a fair extent, the editing of the journal were 
transferred to Hull. 
The new features included many plates and illustrations 
in the text, and supplements with extra pages; in addition to 
which the Union has been relieved of the financial anxieties which 
it formerly enjoyed. An attempt has also been made to copy 
what were considered to be the good features of Natural Science, 
in the form of Notes and Comments, news items, and reliable 
reviews of books. We have just completed our 12th annual 
volume at Hull. 
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With the January number The Quaryy commences its twentieth volume. 
We have received from the Birmingham and Midland Institute Scientific 
Society their Records of Meteorological Observations taken at the Observatory, 
Egbaston, 1914, by Mr. Alfred Cresswell, Curator of the Observatory, price 
2/-, which is a very useful compilation, and is illustrated by many charts 
in colours. 
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