 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1881 - 504 pages
...a librarian to publish one volume for nothing. He is also publishing another edition of his ' Regne Animal,' and other things. He has been very obliging...osteology, in another law books ! &c. &c. When he is r engaged in such works as require continual reference to a variety of authors, lie has a stove shifted... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1882 - 646 pages
...tbe great naturalist's method of organising his work : — " I got into Cuvier's sanctum sanctotiim yesterday, and it is truly characteristic of the man....all on ichthyology, in another osteology, in another ¡aw books ! &c., &e. When he is engaged in such works as require continual reference to a variety... | |
 | 1882 - 904 pages
...performs annually without appearing to give himself the least trouble. But, before I introduce you to his study, I should tell you that there is first the museum...ichthyology, in another osteology, in another law books (!) etc., etc. When he is engaged in sucli works as require continual reference to a variety of authors,... | |
 | Stephen Jay Gould - 2007 - 684 pages
...prodigious feats which he performs annually without appearing to give himself the least trouble. . . . There is first the museum of natural history opposite...ichthyology, in another osteology, in another law books! etc., etc. . . . The ordinary studio contains no bookshelves. It is a longish room, comfortably furnished,... | |
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I should tell you that there is first the museum of natural history opposite his house, and admirably arranged by himself, then the anatomy museum connected with his dwelling. In the latter is a library disposed in a suite of rooms, each containing works... 