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A MONG the natural history societies of this country that of Tyneside stands out by reason of its illustrious traditions and successful enterprise. Without municipal assistance it has originated and maintained for many years a museum of high standing, and its members have contributed classical memoirs on the geology, flora and fauna of Great Britain. The names of William Hutton, of the two Hancocks, of Joshua Alder, and of Hewitson, to mention only a few, are associated with some most careful and beautifully illustrated work. It is therefore fitting that an account of these men and of other single-minded devoted students of natural history who have worked on Tyneside should be commemorated in these Transactions as has been done in an article by Mr. Leonard Gill, the curator of the Hancock Museum. This article is the one of most general interest in the volume before us; but there are also other papers of more than local importance to which we may direct the attention of workers who are following similar lines of investigation.
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The Natural History of Tyneside 1 . Nature 88, 158 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/088158b0
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