340 Kev. F. D. Morice and J. H. Durrant on the 



somewhat ■prematurely. Conspicuously this appeared to them to 

 be the case with Mr. Rohweis treatment of the " Jurinean " Genera. 

 For various reasons they felt convinced that there was some 

 mystery involved here, and that Mr. Rohwer had not succeeded in 

 getting to the bottom of it. And it suddenly struck them both simul- 

 taneously {their letters on the subject actually crossing each other in 

 the Post !) that the mystery might possibly be solved by ascertaining 

 what exactly it was that Panzer had said in the Articles alluded to 

 by him on p. 7 of Krit. Rev. Vol. 2. They determined therefore, if 

 possible, to search out and examine those Articles. 



For a long time, however, it seemed that this search was doomed to 

 failure, and that the Articles had disappieared beyond hope of recovery. 

 Enquiry was made after them in all jyossible quarters, but not a trace 

 of them could anyiohere be found. At la.st, on a happy suggestion of 

 Dr. K. Jordan, application was nmde to the authorities of the University 

 at Erlangen ; and, through the most kind and courteous assistance of 

 Oberbibliothekar Dr. Heiland, it was ascertained that a copy of the 

 Erlangen Litteratur-Zeitung for 1801, contaiiiing the Articles in 

 question, still existed in the Library of the University. It was too 

 rare (perhaps even unique ?) to be sent abroad for any purpose what- 

 ever ; but we were most kindly provided with photographs [paper 

 negatives) of the documents themselves, and from these negatives Messrs. 

 Andre and Sleigh have m,ade " blocks " from which our facsimile 

 rej)rodtictions are now being printed. It has unfortunately been 

 necessary to cut up the blocks, and thereby somewhat alter the appear- 

 ance of the Articles, tvhich were printed originally in Ato with double 

 columns (in the style of the Isis, Societas Entomologica, etc.). Such 

 an arrangement could only have been employed in the Pages of these 

 Transactions, by making our reproductions copies on so reduced a scale 

 of the negatives sent to us, that for any practical purpose they would 

 have been almost, if not absolutely, useless. Except as above, we have 

 tried to lay before o2ir readers not only the substance but the actual form 

 of the original publication. As a preliminary to this we have thought 

 it may be worth while to put together a few notes — as follows — on the 

 period in which Panzer and Jurine flourished, and the circumstances 

 under which their chief ivorks were produced. 



The Year of Grace 1793 was politically and socially one 

 of the most eventful in European history. Nine of its 

 months fall within Year I of the French RepubUcan 

 Calendar. It began with the trial and execution of Louis 

 XVI (in January), and ended with the hideous massacres, 

 etc., at Nantes (in December). It witnessed the first 

 appearance in actual warfare of Napoleon Bonaparte, and 

 the assumption of practical Dictatorship by Robespierre; 

 also the guillotining of Marie Antoinette, Madame Roland, 

 Charlotte Corday, and Phihppe Elgahte; the fall of the 

 Girondins; the estabhshment of the " Reign of Terror "; 

 the overthrow of the French Church and the deifying of 

 Reason, etc., etc. In this year also commenced the long 

 series of duels between France and Monarchical Europe, 



