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unless these had been made with some definite and legitimate 
purpose. It is folly to shut our eyes to the immense value of 
collections in scientific work, but it may be said at once that 
those who imagine that the amassing of specimens is the aim of 
Nature-study, are falling into an error of their own making. 
Collections of common objects may usefully serve as records of 
Nature work which takes certain directions, but the result to be 
looked for is an appreciation of useful and rare creatures which 
will lead to their protection. It would be quite possible to bring 
forward many actual instances of the influence that Nature-study 
has in this direction, but we will only consider that alluded to 
by Mr. Bradley, (one of the judges) at the conference, when he 
mentioned the surprising number of nests watched and warded 
by the scholars of Stanbury, from which young birds success- 
fully flew. 
It may be of interest to state that the Council of the Selborne 
Society contributed three prizes of a guinea each, while the 
Hampstead Branch, Mrs. Brightwen, and Mr. Wilfred Durrant 
offered others of similar value. These were awarded as 
follows : — 
Selbovne Society's Prizes . — For paintings from natural objects 
by a pupil : to Miss Clark Kennedy, Ewhurst Rectory, Guild- 
ford. For an illustrated description of a ramble, by a pupil : 
to Miss Jehanne Minchin, Streatham High School. For an 
illustrated visit to a good museum, by a teacher : to Miss 
Rachael Richmond, of the Froebel Institute. 
Prize of the Hampstead Branch . — For an illustrated description 
of the work of a School Natural History Society (open) : to 
Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., F.E.S., Tiffin’s Boys’ School, Kingston- 
on-Thames. 
Mrs. Brightwen' s Prize . — For an illustrated account of a Visit 
to the Headland at Newquay: by Miss Gwendoline Hine, 
Clapham High School. 
Mr. Wilfred Durrant' s Prize . — For a Nature note-book : to 
Miss Annie Primrose Farren, Bealings House, Woodbridge. 
The fact that Lord Avebury, Chairman of the Committee of 
the Exhibition, was ill and unable to be present at the opening 
ceremony caused much sorrow and disappointment. Sir Henry 
Howorth kindly presided, and Sir John Cockburn declared the 
Exhibition open. Sir John Cockburn, in the course of a charac- 
teristic speech, said that Nature-study is not a new subject, but 
a new way of looking at all subjects as they are, and not in the 
light of old pedagogic methods. 
Mr. Hedger Wallace (Chairman of the Executive Committee 
of the Exhibition) presided over the first of the conferences, 
which were specially arranged for teachers, and at which 
teachers of all kinds gave addresses. Perhaps out-door work 
was more strongly advocated than ever before. At the second 
conference Mr. Jesse Collings took the chair, and gave an 
interesting account of the aims of the bill which he now has 
