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which lies behind tlie Friends' Meeting House, at Epping 

 Street, a plain flat stone bears the simple inscription : — 

 HENRY DOUBLEDAY, 



29 th of (JTH Month, 



1875, 



Aged 06 Yeaes. 



The Meeting House itself is so hidden by the dark foliage of 

 pines that i'ew strangers passing through the town would 

 become aware of its existence : and in the ground behind it 

 our friend has found a fitting resting-place at the end of his 

 peaceful life. 



Doubleday paid comparatively little attention to the 

 Tineina ; but, making all allowance for this, it may be 

 safely said that no such collection of British Lepidopiera 

 was ever before made. Whether regarded in respect of its 

 completeness in species, the number and condition of the 

 specimens, and the extent of variation exhibited, it stood 

 unrivalled. It was simply splendid. Happily it remains 

 intact; and together with his collection of European species 

 is, for the present at least, deposited at the Bethnal Green 

 Museum, on loan, and has been placed under the custodian- 

 ship of Mr. Andrew Murray. Of the two thousand one 

 hundred recorded species of British Lepidopiera, nearly two 

 thousand are represented, the whole being arranged in four 

 cabinets, containing together one hundred and six drawers, 

 in the exact order in which Doubleday left them. A room 

 has been specially provided for the " Doubleday Collection," 

 and an attendant is in readiness to show it at all times that the 

 museum is open, viz. Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday, from 

 10 a.m. to 9.30 p.m.; and on Wednesday, Thursday, and 

 Friday, from 10 a.m. until dusk. 



It would be affectation to claim for Henry Doubleday a 

 high position among scientific men, or to pretend that he had 

 laid down any philosophic landmark for all time. He was a 

 lover of Nature for her own sake; and, as a naturalist, he was 

 a careful and accurate observer of habits, an ardent collector, 

 and had a good eye for the discrimination of sjiecies. As a 

 man, he was remarkable (or his gentleness and modesty, for 

 his unselfishness and liberality, for his love of truth and 

 consideration for the feelings and opinions of others. 



To those who knew him best his memory will be dearest ; 



