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Sn Memoriam. 
JOHN WILLIAM FARRAH, 1884-1907. 
Our readers will greatly regret to hear of the untimely death of 
Mr. John William Farrah, which took place on the 7th of Sep- 
tember. He was the son of Mr. John Farrah, of Harrogate, 
and frequently accompanied his father on the excursions of the 
Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. On these occasions his kindly 
disposition secured him many friends. He was very successful 
with his camera, and the pages of this journal have frequently 
been enriched by reproductions of his negatives. Like his 
father, he had a distinct taste for Natural History, and his 
death at so young an age as twenty-three is a distinct loss to 
our county society. In recent years father and son were rarely 
separated. We can all extend to Mr. John Farrah our real 
sympathy in a loss, the nature and magnitude of which very few 
of us can form any idea. 
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We have received Charter's Bridlington and District Guide and 
Apartments’ Directory (36 pp., with numerous illustrations and good maps). 
Hull: Harland & Sons. Price 6d. It has been carefully drawn up, and 
the principal attractions of the place are set forth ina clear manner. The 
maps are particularly useful. 
Hull Museum Publications Nos. 43 and 44 have been issued. The 
first named is the twenty-first quarterly record of additions, and contains 
notes on ‘ The Chariot-Burial recently found at Hunmanby,’ ‘The History 
and Evolution of Coins and Medals,’ ‘Old Hull Pottery,’ ete. The second 
contains reprints of Mr. Sheppard's papers on ‘A Deformed Antler of a 
Red-Deer’ and ‘ Recent Geological Discoveries at Speeton,’ which recently 
appeared in the ‘ Naturalist.” The pamphlets are on sale at Messrs. A°* 
Brown & Sons, Hull, at one penny each. 
The recently issued Report and Transactions of the Manchester 
Microscopical Society bears unmistakable evidence of the enthusiasm 
of its members. In addition to the various reports on the year’s working, 
the volume contains the President’s address on ‘The Differentiation of 
Species of Coelenterata in the Shallow Water Seas,’ by l’rof. S. J. Hickson ; 
‘Snakes,’ by R. Howarth; ‘An Introduction to the British Hepaticae,’ by 
W. H. Pearson; ‘Notes and Criticisms on Microscopical work,’ by A. 
Flatters ; ‘Practical Bacteriology,’ [by Dr. A. Sellars]; ‘Spring Notes on 
Natural History,’ by W. H. Pepworth; ‘Notes on Scolytidz or Bark 
Beetles,’ by A. T. Gillanders ; ‘ British Forest Trees,’ by Dr. F. E. Weiss ; 
and ‘The Internal Structure of some Insect’s Heads, as revealed by the 
Microscope,’ by W. Hart. Altogether the Report is a very creditable 
production, and worthy of the city which does so much in furtherance of 
natural science. In our copy, however, the pages containing the papers 
dealing with ‘Snakes’ and ‘ Coelenterata’ are mixed up in such a way that 
we can only assume the binder was very busy, and working late, very late, 
ona Saturday night ! 
Naturalist, 
