MEMOIR OE LINNiEUS. 
In following out our intention mentioned in the Pro- 
spectus to the Naturalist’s Library, of occasionally 
introducing portraits of illustrious naturalists, with 
sketches of their lives and writings, as far as the 
limits of the work would allow us, we now give the 
life of one who first practically pointed out the real 
utility of some system by which the great kingdoms 
of nature could be properly studied and understood, 
and their advantages to man most easily procured and 
adopted. The name of Linnaius is known to the whole 
civilized world ; and, whether we consider the rank of 
his parents, the scanty means possessed by them to 
defray the expenses of his education, and what was 
necessary in the early part of his career to pursue his 
own favourite studies ; or the limited state of the con- 
tinental museums at that period, we shall think that 
the merit which his contemporaries awarded to him 
was very justly earned. 
The principal facts introduced into the following 
sketch, are taken from the biography by Dr. Pulteney, 
and the diary of Linneeus, 'written in Swedish by liim- 
VOL. VI. 
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