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NOTICES ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE “MONOGRAPHS 
once a stimulus for immediately describing it, while the preparation of a mono¬ 
graph requires a more prolonged leisure (‘eine zusammenhangendere Musse’).” 
Unfortunately this frank statement came at a time when the third volume of the 
“ Monographs ” had been already announced, the plates, sent to Washington, had 
been printed, and remained for years waiting for the letter-press, delayed by the 
waywardness of Loew. At the end of A that time, as will be seen below, it was 
too late to think of a new arrangement. 
In August, 1871, I again sailed for Europe, and paid a visit to 
Loew in November of that year. I must have impressed upon him 
the necessity of doing something for Vol. Ill, because I find in my 
letters that I received a first instalment of the manuscript in 
Baden-Baden in January, 1872, just before returning to New York. 
Among the letters of Professor Baird to me, I find one compli¬ 
menting me on my return. I reproduce its beginning, as it con¬ 
tains an allusion to my interview with Loew: “ Washington, D.C., 
February 16, 1872. I was delighted to find by your letter that you 
had returned to the United States and hope we may keep you here 
as a permanent investment. We cannot spare men, like yourself, 
who, besides their own merits as naturalists, do so much to bring 
together persons of kindred tastes, who otherwise would never 
meet or come into correspondence. I am glad you interviewed 
Loew and got the promise of more manuscript. We have had, as 
you know, a number of plates printed off for years, which we shall 
be glad to utilize.” 
In Baden, upon receiving the manuscript, I immediately began 
translating it, and continued my work during my journey, and 
even during my very rough winter passage across the ocean, in the 
French steamer “ Pdreire,” which reached New York, February 4, 
1872. 1 In July of the same year I again returned to Europe, and re¬ 
ceived from Loew the last part of the manuscript on the Ortalidae , 
the translation of which I at once made and sent to Washington. 
In the meantime I remained for more than a year in Europe. The 
translation of Vol. Ill went to press in February, 1873, and the edit¬ 
ing, in my absence, was done by a friend of mine in New York (see 
above, p. 69). The manuscript of the Trypetae , which, had to appear 
1 My eyes were so much affected by the air in the saloon of the steamer, closely 
shut up during the winter passage, that on my arrival in New York I had to consult 
an oculist. 
