302 Prophet without Honor.  [cuap. xvt. 
cation was drawn up, signed, and sent to the Linnzan So- 
ciety. Dr. Gray was of opinion that a similar application 
should have been made to the Zoological Society for Ed- 
ward’s admission as an associate. But this does not seem 
to have been done. At length the day of the election ar- 
rived, and on the 5th of April, 1866, Edward was unani- 
mously elected an associate.* Mr. Couch wrote to con- 
gratulate him. He said, “The number of associates is 
now limited to a few, so that it is very difficult to get elect- 
ed; but, then, it is a greater honor.” 
It never rains but it pours. A few months later, Edward 
was unanimously admitted a member of the Aberdeen Nat- 
ural History Society, at its monthly meeting, held in Mari- 
schal College; and in March, 1867, he was furnished with 
the diploma of the Glasgow Natural History Society. 
“But a prophet is not without honor, save in his own 
country.” Although Banff possessed an “ Institution for 
Science, Literature, and the Arts, and for the Encouragement 
of Native Genius and Talent,” the members did not even 
elect Edward an honorary member. The Linnean Society 
—perhaps the most distinguished association of naturalists 
in the world—had discovered Edward’s genius and talent, 
and elected him an associate. But the scientific men of 
Banff fought shy of the native shoe-maker. It may, how- 
ever, be added that the Banff Institution, finding no native 
nor any other genius and talent to encourage, became de- 
funct in 1875, and handed over their collection to the cor- 
poration, whose property it now is. 
* On looking over the records of the Linnean Society, we find that 
on the 1st of February, 1866, Thomas Edward was proposed as an as- 
sociate by C. Spence Bate, Jonathan Couch, A. Hancock, W. N. Brady, 
J. E. Gray, and M. W. Baird. He was elected by ballot on the 5th of 
April, 1866. 
