MEMOIR 



OF THE LATE 



NATHANIEL LAWRENCE AUSTEN. 



BY THE EDITOR. 



THE reader would probably like to know how 

 this memoir of Nathaniel Lawrence Austen had 

 its origin. 



About Christmas time, 1876, I proposed to the 

 respected Mother of our late lamented friend that 

 it would be advisable to collect and print an 

 " In Memoriam " volume of the natural-history 

 writings of this talented young gentleman. 



Having been Editor of the Natural History 

 and Fishery columns of Land and Water from 

 the commencement, in 1866, of that publication, 

 I have selected the following papers from Mr 

 Austen's numerous and able contributions to its 

 columns. 



