356 Old Natural History Magazines, etc. 



SELBORNE SOCIETY LETTERS. 



Apparently the first publication of the Selborne Society 

 had the above heading, and consisted of parts 1-12, dated 

 January 1st to December, 1887. They were issued without 

 covers, octavo, averaged eight pages, and were sold at id. 

 each, though the December number, which consists of pages 

 137-158, and has a title, was sold at 2d. The nature of the 

 publication can be ascertained from the following extract from 

 the first page : — 



It is intended from time to time to issue Letters (after 

 the manner of Gilbert White) on the objects and work of the 

 Selborne Society, to be written by Members who have a special 

 knowledge of the subject of which they treat.' 



THE SELBORNE MAGAZINE. 



On page 148 of ' Yorkshire's Contributions to Science,' I 

 gave an account of Nature Notes, the Selborne Society's 

 Magazine, and as my set commences with Vol. I. of that journal, 

 dated 1890, I assumed that I had all the publications. Mr. 

 Mark Webb informs me, however, that previous to Nature 

 Notes, another Magazine was published, and I have since 

 managed to obtain the two Volumes issued. They are small 

 octavo in size, and are entitled The Selborne Magazine ; No. 1 

 is dated January, 1888, and contains 16 pages. The publica- 

 tion was continued monthly, the Volume closing with page 192. 

 Apparently some of the parts were re-issued, as the title pages 

 of Nos. 2, 3 and 4 for February, March and April, state 

 ''second edition.' Unfortunately my copy of Vol. I. does not 

 contain either title page or index. Vol. II., containing the 

 monthly parts 13 to 24, dated from January to December, 

 1889, is similar in size to the preceding, and the title page 

 reads : — ' The Selborne Magazine for Lovers and Students of 

 Living Nature, edited by Charles Roberts, Vol. II., 1889, 

 London, John Bale & Sons, 87 Great Titchfield Street, W.' 

 The index occupies 2 pages. 



THE NATURALISTS' WORLD.* 



Mr. Percy Lund has sent me a circular in reference to The 

 Naturalists' World, on which occurs the words ' with which 

 is incorporated The Practical Naturalist.' Volume I. of this 

 journal was printed at Leeds, Vols. II. and III. at Ilkley, and 

 Vol. IV. at Bradford. 



(To be continued). 



* See ' Yorkshire's Contribution to Science,' p. 104. 



Naturalist, 



