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lectured on various educational subjects at schools in the neigh- 
bourhood. 
Mr. Myles was a man of extensive reading and varied 
information, and was always ready to place his stores of know- 
ledge at the disposal of anyone who asked his help. He had 
the warm heart and the warm temper, as well as the ready wit, 
characteristic of his race ; and also a certain open-handed dis- 
regard of prudential considerations, which prevented him from 
devoting himself to remunerative work. If there was anything 
he could do, he was ready and willing to do it, even when the 
work was unremunerative or (as sometimes happened) involved 
actual expense. As a consequence of this no provision exists 
for his widow, who has been a devoted assistant to him in his 
various undertakings. It has been thought that some would 
like to mark their appreciation of their deceased friend by con- 
tributing towards supplying this deficiency. The Rev. Prof. 
Henslow, Drayton House, Ealing, W., a warm friend of Mr. 
Myles, has kindly consented to receive such contributions. 
Such an announcement of course appeals with special force 
to the readers of this Journal, as well as to the members of the 
Selborne Society. From the foundation of Nature Notes 
until its last issue, his interest in it never flagged ; and the Sep- 
tember number (the last he edited) contained many contribu- 
tions from his pen. 
His natural kindness added materially to his labour and 
correspondence, and although in this he had the constant help 
of Mrs. Myles, the burden was considerable. Communications 
which most editors would have cast at once into the waste- 
paper basket were put aside by him for consideration and 
acknowledgment. Every number of Nature Notes bears 
evidence of his careful supervision. 
In the autumn of last year Mr. Myles w r as attacked by a 
complication of diseases, first manifested by a paralytic seizure, 
and although he partially rallied, his health has ever since been 
a cause of anxiety to his friends, who were, however, unable to 
induce him to take that rest which would have conduced to his 
recovery. After this he received an illuminated address, pre- 
sented to him, with ^150, by his friends at Ealing, as some 
help towards defraying the expenses which a serious illness 
always entails. Mr. Myles was deeply touched by this mark 
of esteem, and he greatly appreciated the kindness which, up 
to his death, he received from every one of his neighbours, 
especially from the clergy, and from Mr. F. N. Williams, of 
Brentford, who attended him in his last illness. 
In the summer of the present year Mr. Myles was well 
enough to undertake a journey to Belgium. He returned with 
what he at first regarded as an attack of influenza. He was 
very weak, but it was not until the middle of September that he 
could be induced to visit a London physician, who confirmed 
the worst fears that had been formed as to the illness — Bright’s 
