VICTORIA AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY.
[To THE Esrros OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As you have given circulation to Miss Cobbe's state- ment that "the Victorian branch of the Royal Society of England" has come to certain conclusions in reference to Pasteur's proposed method of extirpating rabbits, you will perhaps allow me to state that there is no branch of the Royal Society of England in Victoria, or, indeed, anywhere. The Royal Society of Victoria is an independent body whose opinion is not regarded as having any special authority. So much for the accuracy and good faith of the writer whom you
[As to the accuracy of Miss Cobbe, Professor Ray La,nkester has the right to speak. Why he should cast an insulting doubt on the good faith of a character which stands high above all doubt, we cannot even conceive.—En. Spectator.]
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