10 AUGUST 1872, page 23

Ref .igio Us Progress.* If There Is One Idea Which

may be called central at the present time it is that of development. In the region of politics, where progress is the general watchword, in the sphere of natural science, where......

Memories Of The British Museum.*

Ix 1833 William Cobbett voted against the grant of £16,000 for the maintenance of the British Museum. " For his own part," he said, " he did not know where this Museum was, nor......