138 president's addeess. 



tie and our Club began while he was a pupil with Mr. Henry- 

 Brady, of Grateshead, at which time he was also a student at the 

 School of Medicine in Newcastle. He soon abandoned the medi- 

 cal profession, and became celebrated in Naturalist circles for his 

 elaborate and careful engravings of minute and microscopic or- 

 ganisms, which were represented with the greatest delicacy and 

 faithfulness. One of his early works in .1858-9 was the Illus- 

 trations to " Blackwell's Spiders" — an important Monograph, 

 published by the Ray Society. Many of the Illustrations in the 

 earlier volumes of the Club were from his graver. He contrib- 

 uted also to our Transactions the following Papers : — 



New Microscopic Algas collected by Thomas Atthey, T.N.F.C. 

 Vol. IV., p. 321. 



Ou the Feet of Insects. Vol. IV., p. 17. 



On the Seeds of Plants as Microscopical Objects. Vol. V., p. 163. 



A few years ago, on account of failing health and living so far 

 away from Newcastle, he ceased to be a member, but he never 

 forgot his former connection with the Club, and the many enjoy- 

 able rambles he had with some of the members in his younger 

 days. 



Also we have had, during the past year, to mourn the removal 

 from our midst of the last of that distinguished band of natur- 

 alists, who, 60 years ago, formed a galaxy which will ever give 

 lustre to the city of Newcastle, as the mother and nurse of the 

 votaries of Natural Science. In John Hancock, we mourn not 

 only one of our original founders, but the man who, more than 

 any other, for half a century, imparted to us a share of his own 

 enthusiasm, and gave the Tyneside a prominent position among 

 the Naturalist Societies of England. "Well might it be so when 

 we recall the illustrious band which supported him : his brother 

 Albany, the gentle and lovable Joshua Alder, W. C. Hewitson, 

 George Wailes, R. B. Bowman, and others, all devoted workers 

 in their several departments. John Hancock still lives — and 

 will live — rrather by his works in your Museum than by the 

 amount of his writings. Yet it is not the man who writes much, 

 but the man who writes well on the subject of which he is mas- 

 ter, whose fame will survive ; and the volume of your Trans- 



