infants well conformed. He was exhibited in many countries, and
finally settled at Durham, England, where he died in 1837 at the almost
incredible age of ninety-eight, and is buried by the side of the
Falstaffian Stephen Kemble. Mary Jones of Shropshire, a dwarf 32 inches
tall and much deformed, died in 1773 at the age of one hundred. These
two instances are striking examples of great age in dwarfs and are
therefore of much interest. Borwilaski's parents were tall in stature
and three of his brothers were small; three of the other children
measured 5 feet 6 inches. Diderot has written a history of this family.

Richeborg, a dwarf only 23 inches in height, died in Paris in 1858 aged
ninety years. In childhood he had been a servant in the House of
Orleans and afterward became their pensioner. During the Revolution he
passed in and out of Paris as an infant in a nurse's arms, thus
carrying dispatches memorized which might have proved dangerous to
carry in any other manner.

At St. Philip's, Birmingham, there is the following inscription on a
tomb: "In memory of Mannetta Stocker, who quitted this life on the 4th
day of May, 1819, at the age of thirty-nine years, the smallest woman
in the kingdom, and one of the most accomplished." She was born in
Krauma, in the north of Austria, under normal conditions. Her growth
stopped at the age of four, when she was 33 inches tall. She was shown
in many villages and cities over Europe and Great Britain; she was very
gay, played well on the piano, and had divers other accomplishments.

In 1742 there was shown in London a dwarf by the name of Robert
Skinner, .63 meters in height, and his wife, Judith, who was a little
larger. Their exhibition was a great success and they amassed a small
fortune; during twenty-three years they had 14 robust and well-formed
children. Judith died in 1763, and Robert grieved so much after her
that he himself expired two years later.

Figure 161 shows a female dwarf with her husband and child, all of whom
were exhibited some years since in the Eastern United States. The
likeness of the child to the mother is already noticeable.

Buffon speaks of dwarfs 24, 21, and 18 inches high, and mentions one
individual, aged thirty-seven, only 16 inches tall, whom he considers
the smallest person on record. Virey in 1818 speaks of an English child
of eight or nine who was but 18 inches tall. It had the intelligence of
a child of three or four; its dentition was delay