1833-36 THE 'ZOOLOGICAL MAGAZINE 



CHAPTER III 



1S33-36 



Eton in 1833 — Professor of Comparative Anatomy at St. Bartholo- 

 mew's, 1834 — F.R.S., 1834 — Marriage to Caroline Clift, 1835 — 

 Early Married Life. 



While preparing the Catalogue of the Hunterian 

 Collections, and in the intervals of his work as a 

 medical practitioner, Owen founded and wrote the 

 greater part of a periodical which was issued in 

 monthly numbers, called ' The Zoological Maga- 

 zine.' This he carried on at his sole cost from 

 January to June 1833, but after six numbers of it 

 had appeared he disposed of the copyright to the 

 printers, Taylor and Francis. 



In April he received the news of his election 

 into the St. Bartholomew's Club, which was 

 founded in 1832, and consisted of officials and 

 past and present students of the hospital. 



In July 1833 Owen accompanied his old 

 schoolfellow, George Langshaw, to Eton, and 

 the following long letter to his mother, dated 

 College of Surgeons, July 29, may be found of 

 interest : — 



