20 LIFE OF FLOWER 



of the Institute of France. Among other societies and 

 academies to which he belonged, were those of the 

 Netherlands, Sweden, and Belgium. 



Although Flower's scientific writings are discussed 

 at length in the later chapters of this memoir, it may be 

 mentioned in this place that during the " eighties " he 

 contributed an important series of articles to the ninth 

 edition of the " Encyclopaedia Britannica." At the 

 commencement of that great undertaking, although the 

 article u Ape " was confided to the competent hands of 

 the late Professor St. George Mivart, some of the other 

 articles, such as the one on" Antelope," were entrusted 

 to writers who, whatever their other merits may have 

 been, had certainly no claim to be regarded as specialists 

 on the subject of mammals. It was not long before 

 this was recognised by the publishers, who forthwith 

 engaged for this section of the work the services of 

 Flower, supplemented by those of the late Dr. Dobson 

 and Mr. O. Thomas. Among the more important articles 

 by Flower were those on the Horse, Kangaroo, Lemur, 

 Lion, Mammalia (in co-operation with Dr. Dobson), 

 Megatherium, Otter, Platypus, Rhinoceros, Seal, Tapir, 

 and "Whale. These and other articles, together with the 

 one on Ape by Professor Mivart and several on the 

 smaller mammals by Mr. Thomas, were subsequently 

 combined and revised to form the basis of the Study of 

 Mammals Living and Extinct, by Sir William Flower 

 and the present writer, and was published by Messrs. 

 A. & C. Black in 1891, which long formed the standard 

 English work on the subject, although now, owing to 

 the rapid progress in zoology and the great change which 

 has taken place in nomenclature, is somewhat out of date. 



