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Birds and Fishes and Bell's Quadrupeds. These, and many others, were his own 

 ventures, but later his business aid as publisher was sought in many directions, 

 and the list of authors of entomological works who were proud to see his name on 

 their title pages is too long for reproduction. Almost all his own ventures were 

 eminently successful from a financial point of view, for he was a keen man of 

 business and strictly honourable. Possibly his worst speculation was the " Zoolo- 

 gical Record," which, in face of heavy losses, he continued for a good many years, 

 until means were found for carrying it on by extraneous help. For this the 

 zoological world owes him a deep debt of gratitude. The little room on the first 

 floor in the old house at Paternoster Row became the scene of many pleasant little 

 reunions of scientific and literary men, its condition being sometimes similar to that 

 of a third class railway compartment at holiday times. He liked to have his friends 

 about him, and was always entertaining and chatty, with a fund of dry humour. 

 Almost to the last he had one or two social gatherings every autumn at his house in 

 Clapham Park, which were always most enjoyable. In 1886 he gave up his business 

 to Messrs. Grurney and Jackson, who had been in his service from boyhood ; and not 

 long after the old house was pulled down and a more commodious one erected in its 

 stead. To the many the name of Van Voorst was only that of a well known pub- 

 lisher ; to a smaller number it was associated with one of the sharpest men of 

 business that probably ever existed, ever ready to give his advice, and not infrequently 

 more substantial help to those deserving it. There has gone from amongst us an 

 honourable man, a true friend, a jolly good fellow!— R. McL. 



Ernest Charles Auguste Candeze, M.D., F.E.S. — Dr. Candeze died at his 

 residence at Grlain, near Liege, on June 30th ; although his health had declined 

 latterly, there had been nothing to indicate the approach of the attack that 

 carried him off after a few days' illness. He was born at Liege on February 

 27th, 1827, and after his preliminary education, studied medicine in his native 

 city and at Paris. At Liege he was a pupil of the celebrated Lacordaire, and this 

 may possibly have influenced his career as an entomologist. He subsequently 

 became assistant medical ofiicer in a large establishment for the insane at Glain, and 

 married the daughter of the proprietor, eventually succeeding to the directorship, 

 which he relinquished a few years ago. His first entomological publication appears 

 to have been a Catalogue of the Larvae of Coleoptera known down to 1853 (in con- 

 junction with Dr. Chapuis). But it was in connection with the Elateridm that 

 Candeze was best known. His monograph of that family extended to three volumes, 

 and appeared in 1857, 1859 and 1860, and for many years he continued to supple- 

 ment them chiefly in the Annals of the Belgian Entomological Society, of which he 

 was one of the founders. He also published a Catalogue of the species of the family 

 described subsequently to Geraminger and Von Harold. He formed at intervals 

 several collections of JSlateridce : the first and probably most important passed into 

 the possession of the late Mr. E. W. Janson, and is now in the British Museum. 

 Latterly he had occupied himself on a collection of Belgian Diptera, and had 

 amassed much material, and he also took great interest in a Society (" Cerclo en- 

 tomologique Liegeois ") of which he was the leading spirit, in his native city, con- 

 sisting for the most part of young men and youths. Let us hope this Society will 

 continue to flourish : there is room for such in an important city like Liege. He 

 was also the author of several romances, of which the ground work was more or less 



