

TO 



RICHARD OWEN, ESQR. F. E. S. &c. &c. 



MY DEAR SIR, 



I beg leave to offer you a joint tribute. The author 

 of this work expresses much satisfaction that the translation of it 

 is dedicated to one whom he so greatly respects and admires. To 

 myself it affords peculiar pleasure to present to you, in an English 

 dress, The HANDBOOK OF ZOOLOGY of one so learned, which, ap- 

 pealing in so many of its pages to the authority of your works, 

 recalls those epochs of still increasing lustre in that distinguished 

 career which is the admiration of the cultivators of that and the 

 allied branches of natural science throughout the world. 



That you may long enjoy in health and happiness your well-won 

 laurels is the sincere wish of your friend and admirer 



THE TRANSLATOR 



CAMBRIDGE, 



Feb. 10, 1858. 



297313 



