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LINNAEUS 
All the foregoing were of purely scientific import 
and were consequently written in Latin, then the 
universal speech of the learned. But Linne also 
published a considerable number of works in his 
mother tongue, among them being his accounts of 
his travels in the southern parts of Sweden, as well as 
smaller popular writings, such as deprecating the 
general use of spirits, appearing in the media of 
people’s almanacks. They were written in a simple 
style, almost childlike in their naive expression, but 
with touches of genius. Nevertheless, many of his 
writings remained unprinted during his lifetime, a 
considerable number reaching publication in recent 
years, many of them in the possession of the Linnean 
Society and elsewhere. His own important works 
were interleaved and copiously annotated. He gave 
much time to a “ Lexicon ” ultimately published by 
J. M. Brurset in Lyons as a “ Dictionnaire portatif 
d’Histoire Naturelle.” His last work was intended 
as “ Mantissa III, when illness finally put an end to 
his labours. 
Closely connected with his authorship was his 
scientific correspondence; practically the whole of the 
letters he received are preserved in the Linnean 
Society’s archives, and are in course of publication, 
but many of Linne’s own letters despatched to distant 
lands, have certainly been lost. 
Among his most active correspondents may be 
mentioned J. Burman, J. F. Gronovius, and A. van 
Roijen, with Francois de la Croix de Sauvages, 
Professor of Medicine at Montpellier. Our own 
countrymen P. Collinson, Thomas Pennant and John 
Ellis in London, and on the Continent, J. G. Gmelin, 
for many years in the Russian service, A. Gouan of 
Montpellier, J. E. Gunnerus, Bishop of Trondhjem, 
Baron N. J. von Jacquin of Vienna, J. V. Rathgeb, 
Austrian Minister in Venice, and D. Vandelli, 
professor in Lisbon. 
Special mention must be made of Albert v. Haller, 
