An address on the second anniversary of the Entomological Society ... 1836 / by the Rev. F.W. Hope, President.

  • Frederick William Hope
Date:
1836]
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Credit: An address on the second anniversary of the Entomological Society ... 1836 / by the Rev. F.W. Hope, President. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lie belonged to that most useful class denominated “ out-door naturalists” There is scarcely a leading Zoologist of our country, or a leading Zoological journal, but has profited by his museum and his writings. His Oriental collection of Entomology was the finest perhaps that ever reached the shores of Europe ; a great portion of them are bequeathed to the British Museum, while a much larger portion is dispersed in various European cabinets. When this Society was esta¬ blished he gave us his willing and able support; and the last time I had the pleasure to see him, he expressed himself warmly in our favour, and promised me his observations on the Silk Worms of India. In losing him we have been de¬ prived of a patron and a friend; and I am afraid we have also to regret the loss of a communication which would un¬ doubtedly have done honour to our Transactions. WTith respect to our Library, it is rapidly increasing; and I have pleasure in recording the donation of fourty-four di¬ stinct publications presented during the past year; and I may add, that the major part of the leading entomological works which have issued from the European Press, excepting some of the most expensively illustrated, have been presented to us by the authors themselves; and I indulge in the hope that the scientific bodies of our native land will follow an ex¬ ample so liberally set them by the Continent, in presenting us also with their respective Transactions. With respect to our Collection, besides the various dona¬ tions of several individuals, I have to record an instance of unexampled liberality by the Honorary President of your Society, the Rev. William Kirby, in the donation of his en¬ tire collection. Few but Entomologists can appreciate the value of this remarkable gift. We are now possessed of the very specimens from which the first of Monographs ever published was formed. We have under our eyes the materials from which Messrs. Kirby and Spence derived their well- known ((Introduction to Entomology,” a work which has well stood the test of time ; and although science has greatly progressed since its publication, it requires little to be blotted from its pages. When it appeared it put to flight many of
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