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to be a special aim to illustrate the beauty of natural objects ? Such 

 a question could hardly arise with reference to order, for order is 

 acknowledged to be Nature's character in chief. Yet, beauty is but 

 a special form of order, having this peculiarity, that to minds suit- 

 ably cultivated and disposed, it gives immediate pleasure through 

 the eye. Nature can be fairly represented only in museums where 

 due recognition and representation are conceded to phenomena as- 

 sociated with beauty." 



TAxiDERMic monstrositie;s. 



