MEMOIB OF LIN1LEUS. 



IN following out our intention mentioned in the Pro- 

 spectus to the Naturalist's Library, of occasionally 

 introducing portraits of illustrious naturalists, with 

 sketches of their lives and writings, as far as the 

 limits of the work would allow us, we now give the 

 life of one who first practically pointed out the real 

 utility 'of some system by which the great kingdoms, 

 of nature could be properly studied and understood, 

 and their advantages to man most easily procured and 

 adopted. The name of Linnaeus is known to the whole 

 civilized world ; and, whether we consider the rank of 

 his parents, the scanty means possessed by them to 

 defray the expenses of his education, and what was 

 necessary in the early part of his career to pursue his 

 own favourite studies ; or the limited state of the con- 

 tinental museums at that period, we shall think that 

 the merit which his contemporaries awarded to him 

 was very justly earned. 



The principal facts introduced into the following 

 sketch, are taken from the biography by Dr. Pulteney, 

 and the diary of Linnaeus, written in Swedish by him- 



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