'The Times,' remarked that they were seeking a new man for the post. Mr. Walter at once recommended Mr. Bartlett, and he was immediately communicated with, and accepted the post, which he held to the end of his life.
It would be difficult, and beyond the limits of this Journal, to give a detailed insight into the vast amount of work carried out during the years from 1859 to the present day, which, we are given to understand, will be compiled before long in a more collected and chronological form.
Mr. Bartlett was awarded the medal for taxidermy at the 1851 Exhibition, the bronze and silver medals of the Zoological Society, and a very large series of the highest testimonials from different societies and exhibitions. He also received the bronze medal, conjointly with his eldest son Edward, at the 1872 Exhibition, and testimonials, with his sons Edward and Clarence, at the Colonial Exhibition.
During the years he passed in the Zoological Gardens he became more closely connected with the scientific world, and devoted his whole time and energy to the study of animal life, which all those who knew him can testify. He was a man of vast resource and quick perception, in many difficult cases was always ready to help those around him out of their almost hopeless position, kind to all classes of society, and at the same time of a retiring nature, never wishing to force himself upon society.—(Edward Bartlett).
Fritz Müller.
The death of this well-known biologist is announced as having taken place at Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, on May 21st. Dr. Fritz Müller was an observant and philosophical naturalist, of whom frequent mention is made by Darwin in the 'Origin' and ' Descent,' and who is also to be remembered by his volume entitled 'Facts and Arguments for Darwin' (English transl.). He also contributed some original observations and suggestions on the subjects of Mimicry in Butterflies and Coloration of Caterpillars, and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Entomological Society of London in 1884.
