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FOREWORD 
1833 — 1933 . 
It will be of interest to our members and readers to know 
that the true forerunner of our journal was commenced in 
January, 1833, when The Field Naturalist, edited by James 
Rennie, made its appearance. Several similar undertakings 
followed this venture, and all may be regarded as in the 
direct line of succession up to the date August, 1875, when 
the journal as now constituted appeared. From that date 
The Naturalist has been published regularly and, considering 
the long period of years, with few changes in editorship. It 
is an interesting coincidence that Messrs. Sheppard and 
Woodhead completed and closed their twenty-one years of 
highly successful work as joint editors at the centenary date. 
A full history of The Naturalist up to 1915 appears in Mr. 
Sheppard’s volume entitled Yorkshire’s Contribution to 
Science. 
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