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so attuned with nature that he suggests 

 thoughts of the present not of the past. 

 He is ever young. 



He knows so much about nature and 

 has so clearly expressed his knowledge 

 and with so much feeling and enthu- 

 siasm that the work at ArcAdiA has 

 been stimulated by his visit. He is 

 unquestionably the greatest literary 

 naturalist the world has ever known. 

 !!<.■ is beloved by thousands who know 

 him only through his writings. Much 

 greater is the love of those who have 

 been privileged to know him person- 

 ally. 



We entertained him as best we could. 

 chiefly by showing some of the tiny 

 things of nature put on the screen by "a 

 projection microscope, and he expres- 

 sed his pleasure. It was interesting to 

 note that his frequent remarks were 

 almost all incjuiries. That is contrary 

 to our usual experience. Here a skilled 

 veteran naturalist was asking ques- 

 tions, simple questions, with all the 

 charm and enthusiasm of a child, and 

 he asked them not of a person but of 

 nature- He studied carefully the im- 

 ages shown on the screen and wanted 

 to know the signification of everything. 

 It would have been an inspiration to 

 every Member and friend of The Agas- 

 siz Association to have noted the 

 Agcissiz method adopted by this veter- 

 an naturalist, still in the spirit, as he 

 always has been, of "Study Nature/' 

 Though he has taught thousands he is 

 still a humble learner. Several guests 

 from Stamford and Darien were pre- 

 sent, and every one felt the greatness 

 of the encyclopedic knowledge that Air. 

 Burroughs possesses, and of the gentle 

 and charmingly childlike manner in 

 which he still asks old Mother Nature 

 what she only can tell him. We shall 

 continue our work inspired by the fact 

 that John Burroughs has been guest, 

 friend and student at Arc Am A. 



deon tuning and photography. "The 

 Bristol Press" says : 



"But it was as a naturalist and micro- 

 scopist that Mr. Terry achieved special 

 distinction and fame. His studies of 

 algae, ferns, diatoms and desmids, es- 

 pecially diatoms, brought him into 

 touch with scientific men the world 

 over and he was recognized as an au- 

 thority by them. his investigations 

 in these helds were interesting and im- 

 portant and he derived a great deal of 

 pleasure and satisfaction in the work. 

 In a brief sketch of this character not 

 more than a hint can be given of his 

 activities, but it may be stated that his 

 achievements were unusual." 



He was an enthusiastic subscriber 

 to The Guide to Nature. In recent 

 years, however, the editor has not had 

 much correspondence with him but in 

 the days of "The Observer," which was 

 edited by the present editor of this 

 magazine in the 'nineties, Mr- Terry 

 was a frequent contributor and corre- 

 spondent. He contributed many skill- 

 fully made microscopical slides. His 

 investigations and discoveries were 

 recognized and accepted by the scienti- 

 fic men of Europe. He had an inter- 

 national reputation. The diatoms, 

 Cyclctella Tcrryana, Pleurosigma Terry- 

 amtm and others, were named in his 

 honor by European investigators. His 

 death is a loss not only to his friends, 

 but to the department of science that 

 he cultivated and advanced. He was a 

 gentleman, a kind, generous, learned 

 gentleman. Personally, and on behalf 

 of The Agassiz Association, we extend 

 cordial sympathy to the members of 

 the family and to the friends in their 

 bereavement, but we congratulate them 

 upon the fact that Mr. Terry in the full- 

 ness of his years had had a well spent 

 life. 



William Almeron Terry. 



William Almeron Terry died Wed- 

 nesday morning, October 31st, at his 

 home in Bristol, Connecticut, in his 

 ninetieth year. He was born in Bristol, 

 October 14, 1828, and spent nearly all 

 his life in his native town. He was of a 

 mechanical turn of mind and was spec- 

 ially interested in clock making, melo- 



Prairie Night. 



BY GERTRUDE 0. PALMER, LAWRENCE, KANSAS. 



Go out alone on the wind-swept prairie, 



Lie on her breast, and feel her mighty heart 



Beating 'neath thine; 



See the high regal glory 



Of the stars in golden radiance o'er thee 



shine; 

 Then will thy soul know God and be His 



prophet; 

 Then will thy heart beat all in tune with 



His, ' 

 Then will thy spirit leap in glad reunion. 

 And thy existence find its perfect bliss. 



