THE LIFE OF PHILIBERT 

 COMMERSQN, 



D.M., NATURALISTE DU ROI. 



AN OLD-WORLD STORY OF FRENCH TRAVEL AND SCIENCE 



IN THE DAYS OF LINNiEUS. 



By the late CAPTAIN S. PASFIELD OLIVER, R.A., 

 Edited by G. F. SCOTT ELLIOT, F.L.S., F.R.G.S. 



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 ralist who underwent every kind of hardship, enduring the utmost privatioas, and 

 frequently risking his life in pursuit of the science he loved so well. . . . The story of 

 gallant and ill-used martyr of science should stimulate and e. every real nature 



who reads about him, for his liberal and reverent spirit is intensely refreshing 

 materialistic age."— Morning Post. 



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THE CONSTRUCTION, THEORY, AND OF TI 



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