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cut off, " alas ! at the early age of forty-nine years :" both 

 were in the fulness and brightness of their powers ; both 

 actively engaged when the last summons came. 



His very latest work is a review of Markham's " Memoir Memoir of 

 of the Countess of Chinchon," to which allusion has f U CMn S - 

 been already made. His last sentence is as follows : 

 " It is now several years since Mr. Markham lifted up 

 his voice against this corruption [the Linnean spelling of 

 the word CINCHONA], or, as he terms it in the present 

 work, 'this ill-omened mutilation of the Countess's 

 name ;' but hitherto, it must be confessed, with but small 

 effect. The new spelling has, indeed, been adopted in 

 the official documents of the Indian Government, but it 

 scarcely finds acceptance in a single scientific work on 

 botany or chemistry." There is also a posthumous 

 paper in one of the Camden Society's publications, 

 treating of the accounts of the executors of Richard, 

 Bishop of London, A.D. 1303, and Thomas, Bishop of 

 Exeter, A.D. 1310. 



We must not forget to mention that he aided in the London 

 direction of the affairs of the London Institution, and tion; U 

 was at home in its admirable library. The librarian (the 

 late John Cargill Brough) had a host of pleasant and 

 most characteristic recollections to relate respecting him. 

 One was the famous instruction given to a visitor who 

 wished to consult a work : " You will find the book 

 up in the gallery ; it is the second from the left-hand 

 side from the door, on the bottom shelf. The librarian 

 is a most obliging person, and be sure and ask 

 him for a duster." Those who have ever penetrated 

 to those upper regions will acknowledge the necessity 

 for the advice. 



The books treasured in his library at Clapham were 



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