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“THE value of a museum will be tested not only by its contents, but by the treatment of those contents as a means of the advancement of knowledge.” This remark of Sir William Flower's is the key-note of the Committee of the Norwich Castle Museum, and in consonance with it the admirable guide-book at present before us has been constructed. The book is an interesting and useful guide to the collections in the Museum; it is not merely a catalogue, but a popular natural history in which the specimens in the cases are used as illustrations. Assisted by this guide, sightseers will pleasantly acquire a knowledge of the leading characteristics of the different groups of animals, and students will gain a large amount of sound instruction.
The Official Guide to the Norwich Castle Museum.
By Thomas Southwell Pp. 294. (London: Jarrold and Sons, 1896.)
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The Official Guide to the Norwich Castle Museum. Nature 54, 292 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054292a0
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