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THK LETHER COLLECTION. 



The Hull Municipal Museum has recently purcliased (he 

 extensive geological collection formed by the late George Lether, 

 of Scarborough. Mr. Lether was well-known as an enthusiastic 

 collector, and probably knew more of the good collecting 

 localities of the Scarborough neighbourhood than any other 

 geologist. On several occasions he acted as leader for societies 

 visiting the district, and the Scarborough Museum is indebted 

 to him for a number of valuable specimens. For many years, 

 however, he had been making a collection of the smaller species 

 to be found in the fossiliferous deposits which are so well 

 represented around Scarborough. The Kelloways Rock, Cal- 

 careous Grit, Coral Rag, Cornbrash, the Millepore Limestone 

 and Scarborough Limestone were thoroughly known to him, 

 and from these various strata he obtained the unrivalled 

 collection now at Hull. It is particularly strong in the smaller 

 gasteropods, but in addition contains a very fine series of sea- 

 urchins, terebratulae, ammonites, corals, etc. 



The great value and charm of the Lether Collection, how- 

 ever, lies in the extraordinarily successful manner in which its 

 former owner was able to free the fossils from their matrix. In 

 some instances several weeks were occupied in the preparation 

 of a single specimen. It will thus be seen that the collection 

 now acquired is one of exceptional value, and is a welcome 

 addition to the geological collection in the Hull Museum. 

 Several of Mr. Lether's specimens have been figured and 

 described by Messrs. Hudleston, Tomes, and other specialists. 



A NEW MAGAZINE. 

 Under the \.\t\e^o{ Haslemerc Muscuvt Gazette (monthly, 6d.), 

 has been issued what is termed ' A Journal of Objective 

 Education.' In the introductory note we learn that ' we shall 

 be frankly fragmentary, here a little and there a little.' 

 Certainly this object has been carried out in the part before us, 

 even to the second-hand book catalogue at the end of the 

 Journal. In an article on ' Schedule of Pre-historic Times in 

 Britain,' we were somewhat surprised to learn that ' there is 

 convincing evidence that as long as a quarter of a million years 

 ago (250,000) there were men in I'^ngland who were accustomed 

 to the use of tools.' The same article gives a table showing 

 what has happened in Britain from -220,000 \ears ago (gradual 

 cessation of the ice ages) to 10,000 years ago (present and future 

 times) ! ! I-'oIlowing these is a note on the lish hunger of 



Naturalist, 



