ESSAYS ON MUSEUMS

ESSAYS ON MUSEUMS

AND OTHER SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH NATURAL HISTORY

BY

SIR WILLIAM HENRY FLOWER, K.C.B.

D.C.L., D.Sc., LL.D., Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.S., P.Z.S.

CORRESPONDENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, ETC.

London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1898

_All rights reserved_

TO HER

WHO FOR FORTY YEARS

HAS BEEN MY NEVER-FAILING COUNSELLOR AND SUPPORT

IN ALL DIFFICULTIES AND PERPLEXITIES

THIS COLLECTION OF FUGITIVE THOUGHTS

UPON SUBJECTS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED

WITH THE GREATER PART OF OUR JOINT LIFE’S WORK

IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED