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THE volume before us should have an interest, not only for members of the society in question, but for all naturalists, who should be glad to possess a record of the doings of one of the largest, most active, and—in virtue of its amalgamation with the Ashmolean Society, founded in 1828—one of the oldest scientific societies in England. It is seldom that such an organisation finds so good a biographer; the precision of the astronomer can be traced in the author's attention to the minutest details of history, and the care taken to ensure accuracy with regard to every point mentioned. Owing to the arrangement adopted, it has evidently been impossible to avoid the slight overlapping of subject-matter, but there can be few if any questions relating to the society's existence and work which are not dealt with in this very comprehensive record.
A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, 1880–1905.
By Frank Arthur Bellamy. Pp. xvi+544. (Oxford: Published by the Author, 4 St. John's Road, 1908.) Price 10s. net.
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V., L. A Historical Account of the Ashmolean Natural History Society of Oxfordshire, 1880–1905. Nature 79, 215 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079215a0
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