CORRESPONDENCE. 



THE ENGLISH " ESKERS ". 



Sir, — Mr. Harmer has kindly called my attention to the fact that 

 the statement as to the conspicuous absence of esker formations, 

 quoted in the last number of the Magazine (p. 35), is by 

 Dr. Rastall, and not by himself. The mistake arose through my 

 having noted the page quoted from " Geology in the Field " as 

 part of the preceding section by Mr. Harmer on the Pleistocene 

 Period in the Eastern Counties ; whereas it is in the section by 

 Dr. Rastall on Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, and West Norfolk, 

 I must apologize to Mr. Harmer for having attributed the remark 

 to him. 



Yours faithfully, 

 J. W. Gregory. 

 The Univeksity, Glasgow. 

 13th January, 1922. 



THE LATE DR. HENRY WOODWARD. 



Sir, — ^Apropos of your leading Editorial Note in the number for 

 January, it may be of interest to state that although Professor Rupert 

 Jones' name appears on the early numbers of the Magazine 

 as " Editor ", he was in no way responsible for its conduct. 



In a letter to me, dated 9th February, 1915, my uncle explained 

 in reference to the entry in the " Catalogue of the Books ... in the 

 British Museum (Natural History) " that he not only originated 

 but edited the Magazine from the very first. Professor Rupert 

 Jones' name was originally placed first because the publishers 

 (Longman & Co.), acting on the opinion of their advisers, did not 

 consider that at the time my uncle's name carried sufficient weight. 

 The Professor, however, left the whole work to Dr. Woodward. 

 The only time when the services of a deputy were requisitioned was 

 from the end of December, 1901, to the beginning of March, 1902, 

 when my uncle was absent at Alassio, and his nephew, the late 

 JHorace B. Woodward, acted for him. — Yours faithfully, 



B. B. Woodward. 



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