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had a severe illness, from which, although unknown to all but 
himself, he never entirely recovered: it preyed upon his spirits, 
and lessened that mental grasp which had hitherto charac- 
terized him. Towards the end of May, 1876, he again became 
seriously ill; and although at first it was thought that with his 
vigorous constitution he would overcome the disease, as he had 
done previously, he became worse. Further surgical assistance 
was called in, but to no purpose; and on the 12th of June, 
1876, acutely conscious to the last, he passed peacefully away. 
In his last illness he was patient, and without care or any 
anxiety. He was interred at Nunhead Cemetery. 
Mr. Newman was a Fellow of the Linnean and Zoological 
Societies, of the Royal Microscopical Society, and of the 
Zoologico-Botanical Society of Vienna; he was also an original 
member and, in 1854, President of the Entomological Society of 
London; an honorary member of the Entomological Societies 
of France and Pennsylvania, of the Botanical Society of Edin- 
burgh, and of several minor societies: but the only title on 
which he set value was that of Academie Cesaree Nature 
Curiosorum,—the Imperial Academy of Leopold Charles of 
Austria, consisting of the forty most distinguished naturalists 
known to the council throughout the world; each takes the 
cognomen of one of the original members,—his was that of 
‘«‘Tatreille.”” Membership of this learned body conferred the 
title of Doctor, but he was too modest to use the title. Ostenta- 
tion of every kind was distasteful to him, and he derided it in 
others; indeed, he prided himself on the opposite extreme, and 
his manner of life was especially simple and retiring. 
The following extracts, from kindly letters written by Mr. 
Cordeaux, Captain Hadfield, Mr. Frederick Smith, and Dr. 
Bowerbank, may fittingly be appended to this memoir, and are 
but types of many. In writing this sketch of a useful life, 
difficulty has been felt in condensing the material that has 
offered: much that would have added to its interest has been 
reluctantly omitted for want of space. 
‘‘ His loss is no common one, for all who have known him for 
so many years, through his writings and as a correspondent, 
can testify to the invariable and ready way in which he imparted 
information: he has done more in his long life of usefulness 
