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edition ; and also Part V. of his ' History of 

 British Fossil Reptiles .' made its appearance. 



Before leaving the College of Surgeons, Owen 

 had two visitors of interest, both of whom are 

 described in Mrs. Owen's diary : — 



'March. — Late in the evening R. brought in 

 Mr. Mulready, the artist, and Charles Landseer. 

 R. and Landseer played chess till nearly two 

 o'clock, Mr. Mulready keeping up a long conver- 

 sation with Mr. Broderip (who dropped in) about 

 old theatrical days. Mulready is not at all the 

 sort of man in appearance one would have expected 

 from his handiwork, being an open, amiable, fresh- 

 looking man of about sixty, large head and face 

 and portly figure. I took him on entering for 

 Chevalier Bunsen, and told him so. The party 

 was so friendly and seemed so loath to separate 

 that I left them to themselves at 2 a.m.' 



'April. — Fanny Kemble, the actress, came by 

 agreement to go round the museum with R. and 

 several friends of hers. I had no idea until 

 to-day that she was so badly pitted with small-pox. 

 She looks strong and energetic, and her short curl- 

 ing upper lip, curved nostril, with the straight dark 

 brows, give a great look of determination to her 

 face, which is not belied by her voice and manner. 

 Fanny, I could see, was very naturally under the 

 impression that she came more to be looked at 

 than to look ; but she soon saw that there were 

 creatures and things of higher interest than a 

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