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books of dry science not excepted, are subject to the 
censorship. To my great surprise, Endlicher, who 
gave me all this information, informed me that a 
manuscript of his ‘ Genera Plantarum ” is sent to the 
police, who transmit it to Baron Jacquin, the censor 
for natural history, ete., and who is well paid for the 
business, but who knows just as much about it as if it 
were written in Arabic, and who certifies to each por- 
tion that it contains nothing hurtful to the people, 
nothing offensive to the emperor, to religion, ete., and 
more than all, that it is good science! To avoid the 
annoyance of sending it back repeatedly, as he has 
alterations to make, he is obliged to promise the 
printer to indemnify him, in case any discrepancy is 
observed between the manuscript and the printed 
work. Endlicher spoke of all this in terms which 
there is no necessity for me to record just at present. 
He gave me an anecdote respecting the publication of 
his earliest botanical work of any consequence, a 
ora of his native town, the *“ Flora Posoniensis :” 
the manuscript being duly sent to Jacquin, that worthy 
refused to give it his imprimatur, because it was ar- 
ranged according to the natural system! which Jac- 
quin did not like; and Endlicher was obliged to 
apply personally to the ministers and take great 
pains, when he obtained permission to print in spite 
of the censor; he took his revenge by dedicating the 
work to Baron Jacquin himself! This system suffi- 
ciently explains the low state of literature in Austria, 
as compared with northern Germany. I could hardly 
believe all I have heard, had I not obtained my in- 
formation from such authentic sources. 
Friday evening, 31st May, 1839. — The se 
of the morning was devoted to the botanical cabinet ; 
