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whiskers against Anthony’s legs, circling round them, s-shaping himself between 
them, and purring conciliations, as who should say, ‘ There, there. Though you 
have spoiled sport, I won’t quarrel with you, and I a>/i delighted to see you.’ 
The bird, twittering, flew up, and disappeared in the higher foliage.” — From 
“The Lady Paramount,” by Henry Harland. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Council Meeting. — The usual monthly meeting of the Council will be 
held at 20, Hanover Square, W., on Wednesday, March 11, at 5.30 p.m. 
New Members. — A. B. Wynne, Esq., Veyteux ; Norwood Nat. Sc. Scy. 
(per. B. H. Winlow, Esq.) ; Dr. Cameron Gillies, Hampstead ; Mrs. Matthew 
Hunt, Croydon ; Geo. Dolman, Esq., Hampstead ; Edmond Thompson, Esq., 
Hampstead; H. R. Appleton, Esq., Hampstead; Mrs. Dolphin, Shrewsbury; 
and Miss Violet Burke, Broadstairs. 
Donations and Subscriptions. — The Council beg to acknowledge the 
following Donations: Mrs. Arthur Hill, £$ 5s.; Mrs. Band, 2s. ; and the 
following Subscriptions over 5s. : H. J. Eveleigh, Esq., ios. ; Mrs. Lowther, 
20s.; Rev. J. E. Hall, ios. ; Hugh Scott, Esq., ios. ; Mrs. Kempson, ios. ; 
W. C. Stapleden, Esq., 21s. ; Rev. A. L. Hussey, 21s. ; Alf. Culshaw, Esq., 
7s. 6d. ; Mrs. Eden, ios. 6d. ; H. Harpur Crewe, Esq., 12s. 6d. ; Miss Garrett, 
21s. ; Mrs. M. A. Marshall, ios. 6d. ; Mrs. Minet, 20s. ; Mrs. M. L. Cooke- 
Yarborough, ios. 
SELBORNE SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. 
Some forty Selbornians assembled at St. John’s Church, Clerkenwell, 
on January 31. They were very courteously received by the Rector, the 
Rev. T. W. Wood, who delivered a short address on the history of the 
Knights of St. John of Jerusalem and of the Priory Church of the English 
Branch of the Order before showing his visitors over the place and the 
crypt beneath. All the interesting facts in connection with the foundation 
cannot be gone into here, but full details, with illustrations, will be found 
in the excellent guide by the Rector and Mr. Henry W. Fincham (Phillips, 
12 1, Fleet Street, E.C.). The crypt is certainly one of the most interesting 
bits of old London, which no Londoner should miss seeing. The original 
nave of the church was round, which fact was only discovered in 1900. 
Among the bodies found in the crypt was that of Fanny Kemp, the heroine 
of the Cock Lane Ghost imposture, which like many another supernatural 
cheat was firmly' believed in by those who ought to have known better. 
No less than 325 bodies had been deposited in the crypt, but so offensive 
did they become that the Rev. T. W. Wood very sensibly took steps to 
have them removed to Brookwood, notwithstanding the clamour and 
noise of irresponsible newspaper correspondents, who had perhaps never 
been near the place. But “ Gegen die Dummheit Kinnpfen die G'otter selbsl 
vergebens." The Selbornians then visited the interior of St. John’s Gate, 
now the headquarters of the revived Order of St. John of Jerusalem, 
w'hose ambulance work is well known to all. Here Dr. Johnson worked 
up parliamentary reports for Cave’s Gentleman’ s Magazine. 
“ Slow rises w'orth by poverty depress’d.” 
February 14. — Between twenty and thirty' Selbornians assembled in the 
Botanical Galleries of the Natural History' Museum, where Dr. Rendle met 
them. Before proceeding into the Herbarium Department Dr. Rendle 
briefly pointed out the objectsjof interest in some of the lower orders of 
plants, such as the mycetozoa, the mosses, lichens, lyxopodiums, models 
