Excerpt from Sketches in Prose and Verse: Containing Visits to the Mantellian Museum, Descriptive of That Collection; Essays, Tales, Poems, &C., &C., &C
For a complete and detailed history of the col lection, the inquirer is referred to the various works of Dr. Mantell, particularly his recent pub lication The Wonders of Geology. The fol lowing desultory observations are merely offered, in the hope of their affording a general idea of its contents, the sources whence it has been derived, and the chief features which it offers for observation.
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