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operations of the Warwickshire Naturalists’ Field Club, and since then 
we have received a report of its proceedings. 
These contain a very elocpient address by the president, C. W. Hoskyns, 
Esq., which our limited space will unfortunately not allow us to transfer to 
these pages, or wo should have transcribed it verbatim, for we are not 
exaggerating when we say that Mr. Hoskyns’ remarks should be read by all 
who are interested in the successful working of these societies. He referred to 
the advantages of the study of Nature in her own domains over the perusal 
of books only ; denied the existence of a line of demarcation between the 
“ intellectual” and the “ moral “ terms of our manufacture,” as he calls 
them, and showed how closely they are interlinked with each other. He 
demonstrated the practical value of scientific research, and instructed the 
members of the society, over which he presides, how they might best carry 
out the important objects for which they meet together. 
After the president’s address, a carefully prepared lecture, on the “ Geology 
of South Northamptonshire,” was delivered by the Rev. P. B. Brodie, V.P, 
Others followed, on various subjects of interest 
On the 27th June, the Warwickshire club visited Malvern, and, fraternizing 
with the club there, inspected the objects of interest in the neighbourhood; 
such as the- railway tunnels, which present many features of geological 
interest, the Malvern hills, &c. 
In concluding these remarks upon our Field Clubs, we have to recommend 
more frequent meetings between neighbouring societies, from which much 
good cannot fail to be derived. A comparison of their respective experiences 
will be mutually beneficial, and will no doubt frequently lead to the dis- 
semination of scientific truths, the knowledge of which would otherwise have 
been confined to a few members of one club ; and such meeting's, too, are 
conducive to the social and moral welfare of society, inasmuch as they bring 
into closer relations the most intelligent members of various communities, 
and remove prejudices and asperities. To those amongst our readers who 
have been in the habit of regarding science as a diy and laborious pursuit, 
fit only for bookworms and visionaries, we say, “ Join a Naturalists’ Field 
Club, and attend its excursions.” 
