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NATURE NOTES 
A Special General Meeting of the Society has been called 
for the purpose of modifying some of the Rules, and will be 
held at 20, Hanover Square, on April 23, at 5.30 p.m. The date 
of the Annual General Meeting has been fixed for May 30. 
Letters of John Mulso to Gilbert White. — So little 
comparatively is known about the personality of Gilbert White 
that any details bearing upon it will be eagerly welcomed. 
We can but echo Mr. Jesse’s lament that the letters of Gilbert 
White to his friend John Mulso have all been destroyed, but we 
must congratulate ourselves on the fact that the other side of 
the correspondence has come into the hands of the Earl of 
Stamford (Vice-President of the Selborne Society), one of the 
Naturalist’s great-grand-nephews, and has been ably prepared 
for publication by another great-grand-nephew, Mr. Rashleigh 
Holt White. Tlie book is published by Mr. R. H. Porter, 7, 
Princes Street, Cavendish Square, and the price is 7s. 6d. net. 
A review appears on page 66 of this issue. 
Gold Medal of the Camp Fires Club. — The Camp 
Fires Club of New York has decided to present, annually, a gold 
medal to the man who during the year has rendered the most 
distinguished services in the preservation of wdld game and 
forests and in the general promotion of the love of Nature and 
out-door life. We are exceedingly pleased to hear that the first 
award has been made to Dr. William Temple Hornaday, on 
account of his book entitled “ Camp Fires in the Canadian 
Rockies (T. Werner Laurie), which we recently had the pleasure 
of reviewing in Nature Notes. 
South Eastern Union of Scientific Societies. — At the 
Woolwich Congress in June, several slight alterations in the 
Rules will be proposed. Berkshire, it is suggested, shall be 
eligible to join the Union. Photographic Societies shall affiliate 
on the same terms as School Natural History Clubs. The cost of 
admission to the Congress shall be raised to 3s. for members of 
the Affiliated Societies, and to 4s. for others. 
Lancashire Union of Natural History Societies. — The 
first annual Conference of this Union was held during March 
at Accrington. All the affiliated Societies w’ere represented by 
numbers of delegates, and it is pleasant to record that the meet- 
ing was an unqualified success. Very much more important and 
useful work can be done by Societies acting in concert than 
each individually can ever attempt. 
Bird Protection. — New Wild Birds Protection Orders 
have been issued, during the month, in connection with the 
County of Carmarthen and the County Borough of Hastings. 
Exhibition of Farm and Garden Produce. — The 
Women’s Agricultural and Horticultural International Union 
