54 MEMOIR OF CUVIER. 



there were few writers in his own country, especial- 

 ly in connection with science, who did not almost 

 consider it as a duty to present him with a copy of 

 their works. His library was arranged in different 

 rooms, according to the subjects, and in each of these 

 he wrote by turns, leaving his work when more im- 

 perious duties required, and again returning and re- 

 suming the subject at the place where he had left off. 

 His house opened into his libraries, and into the gal- 

 leries of Comparative Anatomy, which were indeed 

 made by himself out of some older adjoining buildings, 

 and in this way, without exposure, he could see and 

 consult any object or series of preparations, which 

 might illustrate the subject with which he happened 

 to be engaged. 



Thus have we seen Baron Cuvier possessed of 

 all the qualifications requisite for a great naturalist, 

 many of those which are required by a statesman, 

 while he was also rich in the virtues which adorn the 

 life of a good man. The union of the whole have 

 left sufficient to constitute a lasting memorial of his 

 great name.* 



* Since the preceding sketch of the life of Baron Cu- 

 vier was put into the hands of the printer, we have recei- 

 ved, through the attention of Professor Jameson, Mon. G. 

 L. Duvernoy's historical review of his works and life, and 

 as it contains some notices which may be interesting to those 

 who are unacquainted with the career of this naturalist, 

 we have added a portion of them in a supplementary note. 

 M. Duvernoy knew the parents of Cuvier, and conse- 

 quently himself at a very early age, and, during his active 

 life, continued with him in habits of intimacy and friend- 



