" MAN HAS SURELY NOT REACHED THE LIMITS OP HIS INTELLECTUAL DEVELOP- 

 MENT, AND IT IS CERTAIN THAT HE HAS NOT EXHAUSTED THE INFINITE CAPA- 

 BILITIES OP NATURE." Lord Avebury, in " Pre-Mttorie Times." 



" WE HAVE TO ADMIT, WITH REGRET, THAT MOST OP THE REPRESENTATIVES 

 OP WHAT IS CALLED 'EXACT SCIENCE' APE CONTEXT WTTH THE SPECIAL CARE OP 

 THEIR OWN NARROW BRANCHES OP OBSERVATION ANT) EXPERIMENT, AND DEEM 

 SUPERFLUOUS THE DEEPER STUDY OF THE UNIVERSAL CONNECTION OF THE PHE- 

 NOMENA THEY OBSERVE." Ern.it Eaeckel, in " The Riddle of theUniverse." 



OUR ANNUAL GREETING. 



WE cannot forbear from asking our readers to felicitate with us upon the 

 success of our past volume. The excellence of many of the contributions 

 has obtained for the magazine congratulations from widely-distributed sources. 

 Added to this has been the satisfaction of recording in our pages descriptions of 

 several animals new to Science. 



With the conclusion of the volume come changes among our departmental 

 editors through the retirement of Messrs. James Quick, Edward A. Martin, and 

 Harold M. Eead, who have so kindly conducted the respective departments of 

 Physics, Geology and Chemistry. To these gentlemen we tender our sincere 

 thanks for ^ their past assistance. Mr. C. A. Mitchell, B.A. (Oxon.), F.I. C., 

 has undertaken the last department, and we believe that our readers will greatly 

 appreciate the varied experience that he will bring to bear upon that section of 

 Science. We hope at an early date to be able to announce that conductors 

 have volunteered for the other departments. 



We have long felt the desirability of paying more attention to the Botanical 

 section of Science, and we are glad to state that two gentlemen, well known as 

 botanists, have been good enough to undertake the honorary departmental 

 editorship. Mr. James Saunders, A.L.S., of Luton, will conduct Field Botany, 

 and Mr. Harold A. Haig, of University College, London, will supervise 

 Structural Botany. We trust that our readers may help to make their 

 columns of universal interest. 



Dr. G. H. Bryan, F.E.S., has generously undertaken to assist with our 

 mathematical columns. 



We have again to thank our contributors for their valuable articles and notes, 

 and to express our regret that limitation of space has precluded the consideration 

 of numerous other manuscripts. We have also to tender gratitude to our old 

 and to the many new subscribers for the support they have rendered, without 

 which it would be impossible to continue our efforts to popularise Science. 



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