TOO 
PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. IV. 
desire. A good elementary work is indeed much 
needed. But I have no notes of my lectures and 
had no time for it.’ 
Soon after the course of lectures at Bucking- 
ham Palace was finished, the Prince Consort sent 
the following autograph letter to Professor Owen, 
accompanied by the portraits of the royal children 
who had listened to the lectures : — 
‘ My dear Professor, — Might I ask you to ac- 
cept the accompanying prints? The faces, I 
hope, will recall to your recollection the attentive 
little audience, to whom you devoted part of your 
valuable time in the delivery of your late interest- 
ing lectures. 
‘ Ever yours truly, 
‘ Albert. 
‘ B. P. V ’6o.’ 
That his hearers did not forget these lectures 
is shown by the following letter from Prince Alfred, 
who sent to Owen the head of a dicynodon and 
other fossil remains which he had obtained in his 
travels in South Africa : — 
November 12, i860. 
‘ Dear Professor Owen, — In the course of my 
journey in South Africa I met with two very inte- 
resting fossil remains, one, the larger, being the 
head of a dicynodon.^ I hope you will accept 
^ See Bibliography, 1862. 
