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NATURE NOTES. 
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IS. lod. The name and address of the sender, with stamps to the above amount, 
should be forwarded with the magazines in order to prevent mistakes or delay. 
Miss II. C. Mans'on has disposed of the numbers which she kindly offered to 
give to a country lending library. Miss E. C. Eden, of The Grange, Kingston, 
Taunton, will be very grateful for last year’s volume for a library for village lads. 
At the Council meeting held on Feb. 3rd, great regret was expressed at Mr. 
Edward King’s resignation as delegate of the Lower Thames Valley Branch, and 
he was thanked for the many services he has so generously rendered to the 
Council and the Selborne Society generally. 
A vote of sympathy with Dr. Beale in the sad loss of his wife was passed. 
Miss Isabel de Michele, Old Palace Gardens, Weybridge, has kindly consented 
to resume the office of Hon. Sec. of the Weybridge Branch held by Mrs. Beale. 
Miss Isabel Waterston, Hon. Sec. of the P’orth Branch, forwarded a letter 
from Dr. Colville, of Glasgow, kindly offering to lecture there in the interests of 
the Selborne Society, and also to get others to co-operate in lecturing. 
A letter was received from Mr. Louis Davis, of Pinner, Middlesex, who is 
anxious to form a branch of the Society among the children and young people of 
his neighbourhood. He thinks it would be a good plan to have some lectures on 
Natural History before the spring, and suggests that such a subject as “ Birds and 
their Habits,” or “ The Wild Flowers of Middlesex,” would make attractive 
lectures for the children. 
The thanks of the Council were given to Dr. Pankhurst, who is resigning the 
secretaryship of the Brighton Branch, in which he is succeeded by Miss Emily 
Bourne, of 12, Denmark Terrace, Brighton. 
Members who joined the Society this year are reminded that the entrance fee 
of IS. decided upon at the Annual Meeting last year is now' payable. 
Some of our readers may have felt surprise that Nature Notes gave no 
expression to the universal outburst of sympathy with our Royal Family which 
was expressed by the nation on the death of Prince Albert Victor. We 
had, however, supposed that some special reference to the sad event would 
have been made l;y tbe Council at its earliest meeting after the occurrence, and 
it did not seem to us fitting to anticipate their action. By .come inadvertence, 
no resolution on the subject appears to have been passed, although it is needless 
to say that the sympathy with the Royal Family, one of whom honours us by 
her patronage, was none the less felt. We feel that we are merely carrying out 
the wishes of the Council and Members by placing on record this expression of 
sympathy on behalf of the Society. 
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When it is particularly requested, MSS. not accepted will be returned, if 
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Queries on any points connected with Botany or Zoology will be answered if 
possible, and advice will be given as to the best books for students in any depart- 
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Several books stand over for notice. Publishers will confer a favour upon our 
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that it may be quoted in the notice. This addition is much appreciated by our 
readers, and is desirable in the interest of the volumes themselves. 
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