Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ; edited, with memoir, by Joseph Ince.

  • Daniel Hanbury
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1876
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Credit: Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ; edited, with memoir, by Joseph Ince. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Spruce ^^^^i^^- ^^^ letters of Kichard Spruce, the explorer ^and ^ of the Amazon and Eio Negro, as well as those of Yule. Colonel Yule, of Palermo, would each fill a decently sized volume. The latter writes thus :— On your own account I should say, don't be in a hurry to finish your , book [the Pharmacographia]. It is a delightful em- ployment. Now I miss Marco Polo, and find other work very difficult. Such was the circle in which he moved, and which made him appropriate to himself the words, Acti jucundi labores, jucundior labor. Children's Hanburv had other friends from whose minds his Society. . . memory will not easily fade—these were little children. For them he had always a smile of welcome and a cheer- ful word ; and in their society he was as unlike a staid and grave philosopher as heart could wish. His way of interesting and amusing them was a sight to see; he never talked down to them, but led them up to him, and yet the children's delight was perfect. At home, and in his study among the varied curiosities and specimens, in the garden showing them rare or beauti- ful plants, Hanbury was never more charming than when surrounded by a group of children. Eemark has often been made about the nature of his handwriting ; it formed part of his character; it was legible to admiration—with no solitary flourish—each word stood in its own grounds, and there was plenty of breathing room between the lines—the ink always seemed black, and the printer was as glad to receive such copy as the individual reader. A fac simile of his handwriting is here presented :—
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