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tlbe Sdbornc Society’s ni>aga3(iic 
No. 136. APRIL, 1901. VoL. XII. 
SELBORNIANA. 
Further' Change of Address. — The Editor regrets that 
circumstances entirely beyond his control have compelled him to 
again change his address, to 16, Mount Ararat Road, Richmond, 
S.W. 
“ The Life and Letters of Gilbert White.” — Mr. John 
Murray has nearly ready for publication two volumes, demy 8vo, 
on the life and letters of the naturalist of Selborne, written and 
edited by our Vice-President, Mr. Rashleigh Holt-White, his 
great-grand-nephew. 
Though Gilbert 'White of Selborne died more than one 
hundred years ago, no attempt has hitherto been made to com- 
pile anything which can be called a complete account of the 
facts and circumstances of his life and surroundings. This has 
certainly not been owing to any lack of curiosity about his career 
on the part of his numerous body of admirers and disciples; 
indeed, as far back as 1802, John White, when publishing the 
second edition of his uncle’s book, wrote a few lines of bio- 
graphical record, which he presumes “ will not be unaccejitable 
to the reader.” In later times Professor Bell, to whom a number 
of letters and family papers relating to Gilbert White were lent 
by some of the latter’s family, wrote a brief memoir, which 
he prefixed to his valuable edition of the “ Selborne.” Mr. Bell 
must, however, be pronounced a very perfunctory biographer, 
who made a decidedly imperfect use of his materials. Recently" 
a necessarily very brief sketch of the Naturalist’s life has been 
contributed to the “ Dictionary of National Biography,” by 
Professor Newton, F.R.S. 
The present publication has been prepared by Mr. Holt- 
White from materials which not only include all the documents 
seen by Mr. Bell, but in addition many recently discovered 
