W. Eagle Clarke, Alfred Harker, C. P. Hobkirk, G. T. Porritt, 

 and W. Barwell Turner from 1889, Mr. John W. Taylor from 

 1900, and Mr. T. Sheppard in 1902, and to each and all of them 

 warmest thanks are due and offered. 



To the contributors also, so numerous as to preclude any 

 sing-ling out of names of the living, thanks are also rendered, 

 but as regards those who have passed away, it is due to the 

 memory of Mr. John Cordeaux to recall how firm and staunch 

 a friend and prolific a contributor he was to the very end of his 

 useful life. 



It will not be out of place here to mention the excellent 

 manner in which the magazine has always been printed, first by 

 Messrs. McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. and of late years by Messrs. 

 Chorley & Pickersgill, to both of which firms the Editors have 

 throughout been indebted for every consideration and assistance. 

 In this connection it has been to the advantage of the magazine 

 that the same persons — Mr. Chorley himself, Mr. W. Howard, 

 and Mr. W. Sykes — have had charge of the printing of the 

 journal throughout the whole period of eighteen and a half 

 years of the present Editor's tenure of office. 



As regards its spirit, ' The Naturalist ' has always been — and 

 intended to be — a scientific journal, dealing with every branch 

 of the natural sciences capable of local application, and its gTeat 

 value is as a- record of facts and a repertory of material calcu- 

 lated to be of use to students and investigators of the natural 

 history and physical features of the eleven northern counties of 

 England to which its scope is restricted. 



In future 'The Naturalist' will be under the joint editorship 

 of Mr. Thomas Sheppard, F.G.S., of the Municipal Museum at 

 Hull, and Mr. Thomas W. Woodhead, F.L.S., of the Technical 

 College at Huddersfield, and their reputation for ability and 

 experience affords ample guarantee that the scientific standing 

 of the journal will in no way be impaired. 



