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old University collection e.g. that between 1857 and 1860 

 was a classic one, and dear to the students of the period, the 

 embodiment, in short, of Jameson's steady labours for half 

 a century, dotted here and there by the evanescent hand of 

 Forbes, and fostered by Allman under our eyes yet it fell 

 short, for the purpose of diffusing information, whether to 

 the student or the public, of the fine zoological display in the 

 Royal Scottish Museum. On this subject, therefore, while 

 our sympathies go entirely with the Senatus and Sir Alexander 

 Grant in the Story of the University of Edinburgh, our judg- 

 ment bears testimony to the great advances which ample 

 funds have enabled the Government Department to make 

 in the zoological collection. 



Formerly, in the University of Glasgow, lectures were 

 given on geology and zoology, the latter specially for students 

 of medicine and science. Arts' students even those who 

 took honours were not required to attend, so that honours 

 in science for the M.A. degree might have been obtained with- 

 out attending a single science class. Now all is changed, the 

 Department, since the appointment of Professor Graham 

 Kerr, being a purely zoological one, with practical classes on 

 the most modern system. For two years subsequently, it is 

 true, the Chair included geology under its title of natural 

 history, but the appointment of a Professor of Geology 

 removed this subject entirely from the Commission. An 

 extensive museum of natural history exists in connection 

 with the Chair. 



The University of Aberdeen, again, occupied a unique 

 position in former years, for there every student, except those 

 studying law, was compelled to attend the class of natural 

 history. The course consisted of lectures on zoology in summer 

 for medical students, with an optional practical class ; and in 

 winter of a mixed course of ninety lectures on zoology, and 

 geology for students of arts. A separate examination paper, 

 moreover, was given in each department (viz. zoology and 



