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Society of Natural History; the second, by Henry Dexter, is in 

 the gallery of the Museum of the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory ; the third, by M. Iguel of Neuchatel, was erected with appro- 

 priate ceremonies, May 12, 1887, at the Academy of Neuchatel, by 

 the " Societe de Belles-Lettres " of Switzerland, which raised a 

 subscription among its members to cover the expenses. This bust, 

 by M. Iguel, although well executed and more elaborate than the 

 others, does not give a true likeness of Agassiz, not even so good 

 as the one by Power. It is placed on a pillar of brown marble, on 

 which is engraved : "A Agassiz, la Societe" de Belles-Lettres, 1887." 



MEDALS AND TABLETS. 



The medals executed, one at Neuchatel and the other at the 

 National Mint in Philadelphia, are both good. The one engraved 

 at Neuchatel and coined at Geneva in 1876 is very remarkable, 

 both on account of its execution and its size ; it is one of the best 

 medals ever struck, being so large as to look like a medallion, and 

 is most creditable to the engraver, Professor Fritz Landry, of Neu- 

 chatel. The module or size is 94 mill. On the obverse, the legend 

 is Ls. Agassiz, 1807-1873, F. Landry, Neuchatel, Suisse. On 

 the reverse we read as exergue enclosed in a crown of laurels : 

 Viro ingenio labor e sclent ia Prcestantissimo. It is a bronze medal, 

 of which one hundred and fifty-one copies were struck, and two 

 copies in silver by special request. 



The other, engraved in 1875 by W. Barber, an artist at the Phila- 

 delphia Mint, is much smaller. The size is 45 mill., and is the one 

 used by the National Government for all medals struck to honor 

 the memory of great men in America. The medal taken as a 

 model for that series is the Benjamin Franklin medal, engraved by 

 A. Dupre, in 1784, at Paris. The size is rather small, which gives 

 to all these medals an unattractive appearance. The profile of 

 Agassiz is good, but the details are not so harmonious and exact 

 as they were in nature and in the photograph used by the engraver. 

 On the obverse, the legend is simply Agassiz, without any of his 

 Christian names. On the reverse, we read as exergue na. 1807, 

 ob. 1873, and as legend: Terra Marique Duct or indagatione 

 nature. This medal also is bronze. During 1876 and 1877 only 



