ed bone er, but o support botalents. As ing mania greon and consumed muc  to undering tion of books t feoorations of ty copies and left of pocket—an uncomfortably substantial sum for times.

    In some desperation Mantell  on turning o a museum andcedly realized t suc leman, not to mention as a scientist, and so o visit ter ing botice and ually o sell most of ion to pay off s. Soon after,  aking th her.

    Remarkably, roubles  beginning.

    In trict of Syden a place called Crystal Palace Park, tands a strange and forgotten sig life-sized models of dinosaurs. Not manypeople travel t once t popular attractions inLondon—in effect, as Ricey ed, t te a lotabout t strictly correct. ts nose,as a kind of spike, and it stands on four sturdy legs, making it look like a ratout anda crouc  t tscould cause great rancor and bitterness, but tural ory  ter of fiercer and more enduring reds t beasts knownas dinosaurs.

    At time of truction, Sydensspacious park o re-erect tal Palace, t-iron structure t erpiece of t Exion of 1851, and fromook its name. t of concrete, traction. On Ney-one prominentscientists ified t among t table est star of tology. ime ed several productive years to making Gideon Mantell’s lifehell.

    Orained as a doctor.

    omist and so devoted to udies t imes illicitly borros from cadavers and took tion.

    Once  removed, O cobble and ctage, o rest int parlor.  ts o say upon finding an unattaco a at t can only be imagined. One assumes t t formed a