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2. G. T. Holm, a favourite pupil of Linnaeus, who had great 

 expectations of him. He died very young ; and hitherto but little 

 was known of his life. His letters (three) give very valuable in- 

 formation on the efforts made by the Danish G-overnment in 

 order to resuscitate the study of natural history, which had kin 

 dormant in Denmark since the time of Bartholinus and Steno. 



3. O. G, Oeder, the founder of the Botanical Garden at 



Copenhagen, and the first editor of the well-known work, published 

 by the Danish G-overnment, the ' Flora Daniea.' (Six letters.) 



4. P. Ascanius, the Pirst Professor of Zoology at Copenhagen. 



(Six letters.) 



5. C G. Kratsenstein, Professor of Medicine and author of the 

 original text to the splendid work on shells by Eegenfuss (' Choix 

 de Coquillages ') published at the expense of the King of Den- 

 mark. This text was withdrawn and another substituted for 

 it, a very curious and hitherto but imperfectly understood episode 

 in literary history *. Also with regard to the great expedition 

 to Arabia sent out by the Danish Government, which resulted 

 in the well-known works of Niebuhr and Forskahl, many new 

 and interesting details are contained in the letters of Kratzenstein 

 (six in number), Oeder, and Holm. 



6. C. F. Botthdll, afterwards Professor of Botany, author of 

 several works in that department. (Pive letters.) 



7. M. Th. JBrunnich, Professor of Zoology and Mineralogy at 

 Copenhagen, author of ' Ichthyologia Massiliensis,' ' Ornithologia 

 Borealis ; ' a friend of Jos. Banks, E. Tennant, Solander, &c. 

 (Sixteen letters.) 



After my return from London with the copies of these letters, 

 I had occasion to examine the papers and manuscripts formerly 

 belonging to Briinnich, and now preserved at the University 

 library at Copenhagen. I had the great pleasure of finding 

 amongst them nine autograph letters from Linnasus, answers to* a 

 corresponding number of those from Briinnich. They have been 

 printed in the ' Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift,' vii. pp. 510-521. The 

 two savants had never met ; but they understood and appreciated 



* It was originally intended to publish this work by svibscription ; and a spe- 

 cimen of the circular issued by Eegenfuss, probably the only one existing, is 

 bound up with Linnaus's copy of the work in the library of the Society. 



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