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tTbe Selbornc Societ^j’s fIDagasinc. 
No. 131. NOVEMBER, 1900. Vol. XL 
SELBORNIANA. 
The Editor’s Address. — ^So many letters continue to reach 
me wrongly addressed that I feel obliged to remind corre- 
spondents that Mr. Britten ceased to edit Nature Notes nearly 
three years ago, and that he has not lived at West Square, 
Southwark, for nearly four years ! — G. S. Boulger, Editor, 34, 
Argyll Mansions, West Kensington, W. 
Selborne Saturday Afternoons. — Mrs. Percy Myles has ar- 
ranged a varied and interesting programme for the gatherings 
during this winter, rather more afternoons being undertaken than 
last year. Among those already settled are visits to Lambeth 
Palace, by special permission of his Grace the Archbishop of 
Canterbury, on November 10; to the Botanical Gallery of the 
Natural History Museum, on December 8 ; to St. Paul’s 
Cathedral, under the guidance of Canon Scott Holland, on 
January 12 ; to St. Bartholomew’s, Smithfield, under the leader- 
ship of the Rector, the Rev. Sir Borradaile Savory, in February ; 
to the Temple, in March ; and to the Royal Botanical Society’s 
Gardens in April. Further particulars appear on the last page 
of each month’s magazine. 
Tintern Abbey. — All Selbornians will rejoice that the 
Government have secured the ruins of Tintern and a consider- 
able area of land adjoining them. This purchase secures, we 
believe, the most lovely portion of the Wye scenery on both 
sides of the river. 
Windermere Electric Tramway. — We are glad to find that 
strenuous opposition to this threatened vandalism has not only 
been aroused but is gathering strength. The Spectator for 
