THE 
AMERICAN NATURALIST 
VoL, XXXIII. October, 1890. No. 394. 
NOTES ON EUROPEAN MUSEUMS. 
OLIVER CUMMINGS FARRINGTON. 
THE accompanying notes were first made with no thought of 
publication, they having been jotted down for purposes of a 
report to the Trustees of the Field Columbian Museum and for 
personal use during a hurried tour taken in the fall of 1898 
among some of the principal natural history museums of 
Europe. Shortly after my return, however, being handed by 
Dr. Hovey a copy of his “ Notes,” 1 I not only considered them 
to be of much interest and value, but was led to reflect on the 
scantiness of museum literature in general, and the probable 
utility of even small contributions to the subject. I have, 
therefore, arranged my rambling memoranda on a plan quite 
similar to that adopted by Dr. Hovey, but without repeating 
his observations where they resembled mine. For a like reason 
I have not followed the geographical order of my travels, but 
have given first my notes on museums not mentioned in his 
article. 
1 Hovey, Edmund Otis. Notes on Some European Museums, Am. Nat., 
September, 1898. 
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