er year.

It is interesting to note that, besides satisfactory sales at home, we
received from Japan two large orders for _Pictorial Photography in
America_ for 1921.

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Our year has been shadowed by the death of Edward R. Dickson, one of the
Society's most enthusiastic founders and active promoters. We can do no
better than to quote the brief memorial account of his life, written at
the time of his death by a few of his intimate friends.

"On March 5, 1922, occurred the untimely death of Edward R. Dickson, one
of the most eager and gifted workers in the group of men and women
devoting themselves to pictorial photography. He was born in Quito,
Ecuador, forty-two years ago. According to the custom in Ecuador, he, as
the eldest son, was sent abroad, to London, to finish his education. He
returned home only to find that he had outgrown the thought and customs of
his country. He therefore returned to England, and later, in 1903, came
to New York. Here he joined the staff of the Marine Engine Corporation,
later merged with the Otis Elevator Company. His chief interest, however,
was not in engineering but in art. He was a friend and pupil of Clarence
H. White, and for many years devoted every moment of his spare time to
artistic creation. In 1917 he cut loose from his his business moorings and
embarked on the great adventure of his life. Henceforth until his death
he devoted himself wholly to creative work in photography.

"The later years of his life were spent in that part of Manhattan, beyond
Dyckman Street, known as Inwood. That section of the Island he very much
loved, and many of his pictures were taken in or around those wooded
heights overlooking Spuyten Duyvil. These pictures include a series of
illustrations to Stephen Phillips' poem, 'Marpessa.'

"It was in October, 1913, that Mr. Dickson published the first number of
_Platinum Print_, 'a journal of personal expression.' Between that date
and October, 1917, eleven numbers of this remarkable magazine were
published, the last two under the title of _Photo-Graphic Art_.

"He was one of the founders in 1916 of the Pictorial Photographers of
America and was secretary to that organization until 1920. In 1921 he
completed the editing of the 'Poems of the Dance,' an anthology
illustrated by his own photographs, which was published in the same year.
At the time of his death he was at work o