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ORIGIXAL MEMBERS. 



One of the most distiuguislied of his many pupils says of 

 him : — '^ As to his lectures^ these^ despite the fact that he 

 "Nvas to a great extent a s])ecialist in ornithology, covered a 

 very Avide field, in Avhich, however, the systematic and dis- 

 tributional aspects of the subject loomed large/^ His paper 

 (1862) before the Cambridge Philosophical Society, of which 

 body he was a Vice-President at the time of his death, on 

 the "Zoology of Ancient Europe," shewed his grasp of 

 locality ; and indeed he had at all times a most extensive 

 acquaintance with geography. Moreover, he was very facile 

 with the pencil, and this helped him materially in demon- 

 stration. His 'Manual of Zoology ' is said to enjoy a good 

 reputation, and a second edition was issued in 1894. 



In close connexion with his professional duties was his 

 attention to the Museum of Zoology, another object of 

 devotion in addition to liis Egg-collection. Dnring the last 

 forty years the Museum of Zoology at Cambridge has been 

 greatly expanded, and no one Avorked more assiduously in 

 his own line than the Professor. Some men are born 

 collectors, and Newton Avas one of them. He not only 

 collected himself, but he induced others to collect, so that, 

 in consequence of his Avorld-wide correspondence, there has 

 been a constant flow of treasures into the Cambridge 

 Museum. 



But Newton did not confine his attention solely to objects 

 of Natural History, for he possessed the collector's knack 

 of acquiring old books, old MSS., old maps, &c., mostly 

 bearing on his favourite subjects. It seems that in the 

 ninth edition of the ' EncyclojDsedia Britannica ' there is no 

 article on Museums, and consequently he prepared a paper 

 for the special delectation of the "^ Museums Association," 

 Avhich Avas duly read at one of their meetings. 



There are some amusing incidents narrated in this essay, 

 and amongst others the fate of the Leverian ^Museum, Avhich 

 seems to have been refused by the Trustees of the British 

 Museum wdien offered in 1775. Ultimately, in 1800, the 

 collection was sold piecemeal, the sale lasting, ott' and on, 

 for 02 days. As a curiosity, Newton was able to exhibit a 



