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His interest iu old books and early editions was that of a 

 Scholar. He spent much time and knowledge on the University 

 Library, but his special province was the Philosophical Library, 

 situated in the heart of the Museums, over whose destiny he pre- 

 sided for many years. It is largely due to him that the Library 

 at the present time takes in over GOO periodicals, and nothing gave 

 him greater satisfaction than when, by the careful study of book- 

 sellers' lists, he was able to complete a " broken set." 



There was soinetliing peculiarly scholarly about Newton's 

 writings ; and in small matters of grammar and punctuation he 

 was punctilious in a way that is now becoming rare. Yery 

 little that he published was of an ephemeral uatui'e, and his printed 

 word is characterised by a width of knowledge, untiring research, 

 and an unusual degree of accuracy. 



It is difficult to write about the personal chai'acter of one with 

 whom the writer has lived on terms of affection and intimacy for 

 twenty-five yeai's. His Sunday evenings in the Old Lodge at 

 Magdalene College were an epoch in the University life of many a 

 student. From nine o'clock till shortly before twelve, Newton 

 was " at home," welcoming everybody (even the youngest of us), 

 talking to us on the subjects that he thought we knew best, stimu- 

 lating us in any little efforts we might make in Natural History, 

 and taking the widest possible view of the subject he loved 

 so well. 



When once you were a friend of Newton's, you were always his 

 friend. He was possessed of the old-fashioned courtesy of m.anner, 

 and a certain leisureness of habit, which made a visitor feel that 

 he was not trespassing on the time of his host. Both iu appear- 

 ance and in character he had the finest attributes of the old race 

 of English country gentlemen, to which by birth he belonged. 

 To quote a writer in ' The Times,' he was " staunch in his friend- 

 ships, firm iu his opinions," and he invariably followed with a 

 dogged perseverance that which he held to be right. 



Professor Newton was elected Pellow of the Linnean Society 

 March 3rd, 1857, of the Zoological iu 1859, and of the Eoyal iu 

 1870 ; in all three societies he served on the Council, and was 

 "Vice-President of the Zoological almost coutinuously from 1S61 

 to 1897. He received a Royal Medal, and from the Linnean 

 Society the Linnean Gold Medal in 1900. [A.. E. S.] 



His late Majesty Oscab, (II.) Fredeik, commonly styled 

 Oscar IL, King of Sweden and of the Goths and Vandals, was 

 born 21st January, 1829. He was the great-great-grandson of 

 Marshal Bernadotte, who was chosen in 1810 to be Crown Prince 

 of Sweden, and King in 1818. Married to the Princess Sofia 

 Wilhelmina Mariana Henrietta, of Hesse Nassau, on the 6th June, 

 1857, he succeeded to the throne on the 18th September, 1872 ; 

 was crowned in Sweden the 12th May and in Norway the 18th July 

 of the following year. 



Universally known and honoured as probably the most accom- 



