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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. XI. 
of some of Lyell’s works and of his ‘ Anniversary 
Address ’ in the ‘ Quarterly Review.’ 
J. S. Lockhart to R. Owen 
July 23, 1851. 
‘ Dear Owen, — Many thanks for your frank, 
manly sentences, on which I have acted. This 
being my last day here for a time, 1 have written 
about twenty-five epistles, all in various ways 
evading the plain sense of “ Sir, you are an ass,” 
but all reaching the same practical object — viz. 
To your thistles ! 
‘ As I shall’be on the Continent for a few weeks, 
please send your paper to Murray, who will take 
care that all attention is paid to it. Or, if you 
please, send MS. at once to Clowes with the an- 
nexed note. I shall be greatly bothered if I don’t 
find all articles ship-shape on my return. That will 
not be later than the last of August, and the 
number must be published by the ist October. 
V erb. sap. / ‘ Ever yours, 
‘ J. S. Lockhart.’ 
Lyell was evidently pleased with Owen’s 
review and estimate of his works, as the following 
letter will show, although Owen differed from him 
in some minor matters : — 
‘ I have just read in the new number of the 
“ Quarterly Review ” your article on my Anniver- 
