410 Notes and Comments. 
FUUISRORYS OF sire NACE UiIReATeEnS Hie. 
Having at last got together what is possibly the only 
complete set of ‘The Naturalist’ extant, it is perhaps of value 
to place on record particulars of the various series. The first 
consisted of sixteen monthly parts, issued between January 
1833, and April 1834, under the name of ‘The Field Naturalist,’ 
and was edited by Prof. James Rennie. The second ran into 
five volumes, between 1836 and 18309, the last four being printed 
at Doncaster. The first of these volumes was edited by 
B. Maund and W. Holl, and the remainder by Neville Wood. 
The third series consisted of eight volumes (1851-1858), the 
first five being edited by Beverley R. Morris and the remainder 
by F. O. Morris. In 1864 commenced ‘The Naturalist, the 
journal of the West Riding Consolidated Naturalists’ Society,’ 
which went on for nearly three years. This was edited by 
George H. Parke and C. P. Hobkirk, and published by George 
Tindall. Next followed the ‘ Yorkshire Naturalists’ Recorder,’ 
issued by the same society, under the editorship of Joseph 
Wainwright. This was in 1872-3, and lasted a year. The 
‘Naturalist’ followed, and between 1875 and 1884 nine volumes 
were issued, C. P. Hobkirk and G. T. Porritt being the editors. 
Without a break W. Denison Roebuck and W. Eagle Clarke 
conducted the journal until 1888, from which date the former 
also edited it until 1902, when the journal was published at 
Hull, having previously been printed at Wakefield, Hudders- 
field, and Leeds. 
RESTORATION OF YORK MINSTER. 
In the tenth ‘occasional paper’ on the restoration of the 
Minster, the Rev. the Dean of York announces the completion 
of a work which has been proceeding for eight years. Every 
care has been taken in the present restoration of the building 
to preserve as far as possible everything evidently original, and 
where insecure to replace it in a more permanent manner. 
Whatever, from partial decay, could not be retained with 
safety to the public, has been carefully removed and placed in 
the grounds behind the deanery. The disintegration of the 
stonework has been rapid, doubtless due to the action of 
sulphurous smoke upon the Magnesian limestone. The restora- 
tion has been carried out with Ketton stone, which, being 
Oolitic, will, it is hoped, prove invulnerable to this influence. 
As the number of smoke-emitting chimneys throughout York 
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