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  Intelligence. 
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  IV. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Life 
  of 
  Richard 
  Owen; 
  by 
  his 
  grandson 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Rich- 
  

   ard 
  Owen, 
  M.A. 
  with 
  the 
  scientific 
  portion 
  revised 
  by 
  C. 
  Davies 
  

   Sherborn, 
  also 
  an 
  essay 
  on 
  Owen's 
  position 
  in 
  Anatomical 
  Science 
  

   by 
  the 
  Right 
  Hon. 
  T. 
  H. 
  Huxley, 
  F.R.S. 
  Portraits 
  and 
  illustra- 
  

   tions. 
  In 
  two 
  volumes, 
  pp. 
  409 
  and 
  393. 
  (London, 
  John 
  Murray 
  ; 
  

   New 
  York,D. 
  Appleton 
  & 
  Co.). 
  1894— 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  remarkably 
  interest- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  vivid 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  life 
  and 
  experiences 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   eminent 
  of 
  English 
  men 
  of 
  science 
  told 
  mainly 
  through 
  extracts 
  of 
  

   private 
  letters 
  to 
  his 
  mother 
  and 
  sisters 
  and 
  the 
  journals 
  of 
  his 
  wife. 
  

   Owen's 
  published 
  writings— 
  639 
  titles 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  bibliographic 
  list 
  

   at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  book 
  — 
  show 
  the 
  scientific 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  man 
  and 
  his 
  

   immense 
  industry, 
  but 
  these 
  private 
  records 
  exhibit 
  the 
  social 
  side 
  

   of 
  his 
  life, 
  tell 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  he 
  met, 
  the 
  journeys 
  he 
  took, 
  the 
  modes 
  

   of 
  his 
  work, 
  the 
  honors 
  showered 
  upon 
  him, 
  and, 
  not 
  least 
  interest- 
  

   ing, 
  the 
  many 
  sources 
  from 
  which 
  came 
  the 
  anatomical 
  treasures 
  he 
  

   described; 
  the 
  Dinornis 
  bones 
  from 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  the 
  Mylodon 
  

   from 
  South 
  America, 
  Dicynodon 
  skull 
  from 
  South 
  Africa, 
  sent 
  

   by 
  Prince 
  Alfred, 
  and 
  everything 
  rare 
  and 
  uncanny, 
  as 
  the 
  

   " 
  adder 
  with 
  two 
  hind 
  legs 
  " 
  from 
  Charles 
  Kingsley, 
  from 
  every 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  where 
  Englishmen 
  wandered. 
  We 
  see 
  him 
  dis- 
  

   secting 
  the 
  defunct 
  criminals 
  who 
  perished 
  in 
  Lancaster 
  Jaol, 
  des- 
  

   cribing 
  the 
  Hunterian 
  collections 
  and 
  lecturing 
  at 
  the 
  College 
  of 
  

   Surgeons, 
  reading 
  papers 
  at 
  the 
  British 
  Association 
  and 
  in 
  various 
  

   learned 
  societies, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  Royal 
  Institution, 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  

   princes 
  and 
  princesses 
  at 
  Buckingham 
  palace. 
  

  

  We 
  find 
  him 
  chatting 
  with 
  Carlyle, 
  Tennyson, 
  or 
  Dickens, 
  or 
  

   Ruskin, 
  on 
  art, 
  music 
  and 
  Shakespeare, 
  serving 
  as 
  an 
  active 
  mem- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  of 
  Inquiry 
  into 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  towns, 
  

   which 
  leads 
  him 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  kingdom 
  examining 
  slaughter 
  houses 
  

   and 
  fish 
  ponds, 
  etc., 
  or 
  discussing 
  with 
  Gladstone 
  or 
  Lord 
  Russell 
  

   the 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  British 
  Museum, 
  or 
  dining 
  at 
  the 
  club 
  with 
  Lord 
  

   Macaulay, 
  Duke 
  of 
  Argyle, 
  Dean 
  Milman, 
  Whewell, 
  or 
  again 
  with 
  

   Sir 
  R. 
  Inglis, 
  Chev. 
  Bunsen, 
  Mr. 
  Brooke, 
  the 
  Rajah 
  of 
  Sarawah, 
  

   and 
  others, 
  or 
  traveling 
  up 
  the 
  Nile 
  with 
  the 
  Prince 
  and 
  Princess 
  of 
  

   Wales, 
  Sir 
  Samuel 
  Baker, 
  the 
  Duke 
  of 
  Sutherland, 
  the 
  Bishop 
  of 
  

   Bombay, 
  and 
  his 
  Excellency 
  Nubar 
  Pacha, 
  or 
  unbending 
  and 
  sing- 
  

   ing 
  songs 
  at 
  the 
  jovial 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  Red 
  Lions 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  

   Association. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  story 
  is 
  so 
  directly 
  told 
  that 
  we 
  seem 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  genial, 
  

   ever 
  busy 
  but 
  always 
  cheerful 
  companion 
  of 
  his 
  many 
  friends 
  . 
  as 
  

   he 
  goes 
  about 
  accomplishing 
  the 
  great 
  work 
  of 
  his 
  life. 
  

  

  The 
  book 
  closes 
  with 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  Owen's 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  his- 
  

   tory 
  of 
  Anatomical 
  Science, 
  written 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Huxley, 
  who, 
  though 
  

   often 
  differing 
  with 
  him 
  on 
  scientific 
  theories, 
  speaks 
  with 
  knowl- 
  

   edge 
  and 
  appreciation 
  of 
  his 
  great 
  contributions 
  to 
  their 
  favorite 
  

   science. 
  h. 
  s. 
  w. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  Life 
  and 
  Writings 
  of 
  Rafinesque 
  ; 
  by 
  Richard 
  E. 
  Call. 
  

   Filson 
  Club 
  Publications, 
  No. 
  10. 
  Read 
  at 
  the 
  Filson 
  Club 
  meet- 
  

  

  