1855-56 SUPERINTENDENT AT BRITISH MUSEUM 13 
application of science to obtain graphic recoids of 
a campaign.’ 
Before the close of the year 1855 Owen 
issued his ‘ Catalogue of the Fossil Remains in 
the Hunterian Museum,’ 4to, but he never com- 
pleted it ; for, to use his own words, the 
“Catalogue of the Fossils of the Hunterian 
Museum” passed out of my responsibility and 
care when I accepted the office of Superintendent 
of the Natural History Department of the British 
Museum.’ ^ This office was generally understood 
to have been created expressly for Owen. There 
is no doubt that he owed his appointment, to a 
great extent, to Lord Macaulay, with whom he 
had as yet but the barest acquaintance ; and with 
reference to this, Macaulay’s letter and the ex- 
planations accompanying it may be quoted from 
his ‘ Life,’ by his nephew. Sir George Trevelyan. 
He says ; — 
‘ Long after Macaulay had abandoned all 
other public business he continued to occupy 
himself in the administration of the British 
Museum. In February 1856 he wrote to Lord 
Lansdowne with the view of securing that old 
friend’s potent influence in favour of an arrange- 
ment by which Professor Owen might be placed 
in a position worthy of his reputation and of his 
services. The circumstance which gave rise to 
The completion of the concluding volume was entrusted to 
Professor John Morris. 
