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IT must not be supposed that we expect, from Societies which have been but recently established, works of the importance or the completeness of those which we have mentioned* as emanating from the naturalists of Northumberland and Durham; or even such volumes as those annually issued by the Woolhope Club. It must be borne in mind that it is by no means necessary, or even advisable, that a young society should do much, or even anything, in the way of publication. The experiment of a local magazine has been tried in connection with more than one body, but in each case the results can scarcely be considered satisfactory. The Liverpool naturalists issued monthly such a publication-at first in lithograph, afterwards in print-which contained papers on subjects of general as well as of local interest. The High Wycombe Natural History Society started a similar magazine, on a similar plan, but issued quarterly instead of monthly; this continued for four years, but is now among the "things that are not.“The Folkestone naturalists tried a like publication and with a like result; one year was sufficient to bring it to a close.
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Natural History Societies . Nature 3, 141–142 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003141a0
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