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discourse of M. Cuvier on liis reception at the 

 Acad6mie Fran9aise, and the reply of the di- 

 rector of that academy. The first of these two 

 ^loges is that of M. Riche, whose Ufe resembles 

 that of a hero of romance, and whose feelings 

 and adventures, perhaps, caused his death at 

 the age of thirty-five. The second is that of 

 M. Bruguiere, the companion of Olivier, already 

 noticed. The discourse of M. Cuvier assumes a 

 tone in which the nature of his professional 

 studies scarcely ever allowed him to indulge, 

 but in which we trace the same perfection as 

 elsewhere. It is full of classical and elegant 

 allusions ; it is the production of a man of 

 letters, and shows how admirable is the combin- 

 ation when science and literature occupy the 

 same mind. In the reply of the Count de S^ze 

 will be found a very admirable resume of M. 

 Cuvier's labours up to that period. 



The third volume begins with the eloge of 

 M. de Beauvois, the African traveller, to whom 

 the world owes the Flora of Owaree and Benin ; 

 and who, after wrestling with the storms both of 

 this continent and those of America, died in 

 consequence of the sudden changes to which an 

 European climate is so frequently liable. In 



