OUR PROGRAMME. 
Children's Column will be devoted to the instruction of juvenile 
Selbornians. Their queries will obtain special attention, and 
plain directions will be given by which they may gather know- 
ledge, as well as amusement, from every hedgerow and wayside 
pond. 
Reviews of Books which bear on the various branches of 
Natural History will appear, and the Editors will always be 
glad to give information as to books suitable for any particular 
study. 
If funds permit, suitable Illustrations will occasionally be 
given. In this matter we have been promised the advice and 
assistance of Mr. G. C. Haite, the well-known artist, and author 
of “ Plant-studies,” to whom we owe the appropriate design on 
the cover of the magazine. 
In addition to the various departments enumerated above, 
Nature Notes, as the Official Organ of the Selborne Society, 
will give authentic accounts of the proceedings of the Central 
Council, as well as reports of any meetings of the Branches to 
which exceptional interest is attached. 
Notices of Work done and work which requires to be done — 
of destruction threatened to some beautiful spot, of destruction 
happily averted by energetic Selbornians, or devastation most 
unhappily effected by ruthless evictors of Nature from her 
ancient seats — all these things will be recorded for the en- 
couragement or admonition of those who have the interests of 
the Society at heart. 
Abstracts of Scientific Reports bearing on the destruction of the 
fauna or flora of certain districts, or on the ravages wrought by 
too fertile foreign weeds, will find a place in our pages. 
It will be part of our duty to keep an eye on Legislative 
Measures which affect the objects that we are pledged to support. 
Nature Notes will be a medium by which supporters may be 
rallied for the advancement of good measures and stout resis- 
tance offered to bad ones. 
Correspondence on all matters which lie within the scope of the 
Selborne Society’s Programme will be inserted. A free expres- 
sion of opinion is invited, but it is hardly necessary to remind 
our readers that no personalities or remarks reflecting upon 
individuals can be admitted. 
If funds are available, Prizes will be offered for the best 
Coloured Sketches of Plants or Birds in situ, and also to the 
winners in other competitions which may be arranged by the 
Council. 
Answers to Queries on all subjects which can fairly be con- 
sidered to come within our province will be given, and practical 
suggestions afforded to those who are desirous of engaging in the 
pursuit of any branch of Natural History. 
In the accomplishment of the various objects which have 
been detailed, the Editors have been promised the assistance 
of writers of eminence in every department of Natural History, 
