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Abstract

ANNOUNCEMENT of the approaching fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of NATURE was made in a letter sent a few weeks ago to the presidents of a number of scientific societies, official heads of British universities, and other representatives of progressive knowledge, most of whom are among the contributors to the columns of this journal. The result of this communication has been that we have received numerous cordial messages of congratulation, many of them containing interesting reminiscences associated with NATURE, and all most appreciative of the services it affords to scientific workers. It was hoped that space could have been found to publish these messages this week, but this has proved impracticable. We believe, however, that these testimonies to the close attention paid to the contents of NATURE will interest a wide scientific public, and therefore propose to place a selection from them before our readers in next week's issue.