One hundred years ago. 1839

The century which had passed since the presidency of Sir Hans Sloane (1728-41) had seen many changes in the country, and not a few in the Society itself. The conditions which existed in 1739 and were described in the last number of Notes and Records differed very widely from those prevailing in the early part of the nineteenth century, and by comparing them we shall gain a clearer idea of the direction in which the Society and its activities were moving than by following the yearly records of its doings.