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PROFESSOR OWEN 
CH. VIII. • 
letter that Mr. Robert Lowe (Lord Sherbrooke), 
when Chancellor of the Exchequer, was one of 
the earliest to see the importance of properly 
organised lectures on natural history subjects 
at the Museum. Even now there is no lecture 
theatre : — 
II Downing Street, Whitehall : July 14, 1873. 
Dear Sir, — With reference to the memo- 
randum you sent to the Chancellor of the 
Exchequer, I am desired to say that he would be 
much obliged if you would be good enough to tell 
him if the plan of the Natural History Museum, 
now in course of building, comprises a theatre for 
a lecture-room. It has been represented to Mr. 
Lowe that no provision of the kind has been 
made, and he is desirous of ascertaining for 
certain whether or not what appears to him to 
be a serious omission has been made. He would 
also be glad to be favoured with any observations 
you may have to make in reference to this 
matter. . . . 
‘ Yours very faithfully, 
‘ E. W. Hamilton.’ 
In a letter to his friend Pearson Langshaw, 
November 2, Owen mentions that his sister has 
come to live with him and keep house at Sheen 
Lodge. He says she ‘ has now settled down very 
comfortably in her new home, and has made it less 
lonely for me. ... I dined yesterday with good 
