whose succcssfiil year of oficc as I'residcnt 1i:is bccn followccl by tlic oIIice of C1iairni:tn of Council, :1n olHcc t,lic dutics of which h n w I,ccn iinduly oiicrons owing to t,he regrcttnblc illncss of Lord BIelchctt. I)r. Lcvinstriii is very ~vell known t.o t,hc nienibers of tlic Socicty, hcttcr known pcrsoniillj. tli:in ntnny of liis prcdcccssors, for he is both nctivc and socinlh. Rc loves to inis with t.hem, to dinc with thcni, lunch \vit,li tliein nnd t.o entertnin them. I-Ic IV:IS born in 1878 and miis cducntcd iit, Riigby, 0wc:is Collcgc, ;\Innclicstcr, nnd Znricli, atid in liis early yout,li lie ncqi~rcd an iiitercst in u grcnt. vnricty of intcllectunl siibjccts, which Iic still retains in his prescnt iintl latcr youth. IIc has trirvcllcd ninch, spcnks n fcw foreign Iiiiigungcs, and spcnks and writes English ns wns tlonc in tliosc days when elti diicatcd mein took n pride in such tlcsirnlh ncc0111plislimciits. Tlic ninny papers lie 1ins contributed to our .JOUXXAL n 1 ~1 to t,he Journ:ll of the Socicty of Dycl:r and Colouists not only ded with important topics mid arc vnhiablc cotitributions to our teclinicnl litcmtiirc, tlicy possess in :idtlit,ion tlint cririosn fellcitus wliicli iv(t suppose is only nttciincd by tliosc who have rctiil il good tlcul of liiic literature. It. is superfluous to nlliidc to tlic fnct that he \ V ~S all iitlniirllblc Ch:iirinaii (Jf the .\Ianchcster Scctiou and nil ridiuir:iblc Presidciit of tlic Socicty ; w e mist, ncvcrtlicless, in fairness to I i i n ~ we do not pciy hini tlie coniplinicnt Iic dcserws :irc that we do not think hc would pcrniit tlic pub1ic:ition of tlic 1JI' "iSC wc slioultl coiisitlcr fitting, nnd wc oursclvcs feel t Iic difiiccilty of csprcssiiig iu our own Jouns.\xA thc cstceni in wliich our nienil)ers hold tlic cs-President,, whilc Iic is still carrying 011 thc work of tliut oflicc. \'ithoi~t adlicr- ing too rigidly to tlic siniplicity of tlic Epicumns, lie nilty be considcred t o Iin.c soiiic of tlic fost,itlious dcliciicy c t f tlie cpiciircl nor docs hc consider i t scenily to niinglc