Sun Memoriam. 
LORD: AVEBURY, DCL, FIR S-Ere: 
(1834—1913). 
We much regret to learn, as we go to press, of the death of 
Lord Avebury, at the age of 79. He was better known by his 
former title of Sir John Lubbock, and was the head of a success- 
ful banking business. With the late Sir John Evans, Huxley, 
Lyell, and a number of the earlier workers, he took a keen, 
interest in the evidences of primitive man, and contributed a 
valuable volume on the subject under the title of ‘ Pre-historic 
Times,’ the first edition of which was issued nearly half a 
century ago. 
The extent of Lord Avebury’s activities was remarkable. 
He had been Chairman of the London County Council, Presi-. 
dent of the London Chamber of Commerce, member of Royal 
Commissions on the advancement of Science, on Public Schools, 
on International Coinage, on Gold and Silver, and on Education ; 
President of the British Association, President of the Entomo- 
logical Society, the Ethnological Society, the Linnean Society, 
the Anthropological Institution, and the Ray Society; and 
Vice-President of the Royal Society. He was for scme years 
Vice-Chancellor of the University of London and Principal of 
the London Working Men’s College. He was a popular 
lecturer and a voluminous writer, among his books being 
‘The Use of Life,’ ‘The Beauties of Nature,’ ‘The Pleasures 
of Life,’ ‘The Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects,’ ‘ Ants, 
Bees, and Wasps,’ ‘On the Senses, Instincts, and Intelligence 
of Animals,’ ‘The Origin of Civilisation and the Primitive 
Condition of Man,’ ‘British Wild Flowers, considered in 
relation to Insects,’ ‘The Scenery of Switzerland,’ and ‘The 
Scenery of England.’ Nor in this connection must we forget 
his ‘ Hundred Best Books.’ 
To a large section of the community he will be remembered 
by his work in connection with the setting aside of the Bank 
Holidays. 
With Lord Avebury we lose one of the few remaining links 
between the present and past generation of scientists. : 
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FUNGI. 
Morchella semilibera in the Don district.—A fine 
specimen of Lanky Morel was found by my daughter Sarah 
recently in a lane between Newhill and Abdy. It overtopped 
the long grass in which it grew. We find some species of this 
genus on the Permian limestone, but this is the first I have 
seen from over our coal measures.—J. H. PAYNE, Newhill, 
West Melton, Rotherham. 
Naturalist, 
