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books, with an expression of tenderness on his face, as though it were a 

 beloved object. At times he would speak of going to some place where 

 he might have work to occupy his mind, feeling that he would surely 

 get well if he could forget his condition. He said that he tmist get well — 

 he had planned so much work. 



He had a little library of standard books, mostly historical and scien- 

 tific, but some purely literary ; and he asked me to get for him a pub- 

 lished "List of General Reading in English Literature," by William 

 Lyon Phelps ; taking comfort in the thought that though he could not 

 work, he could at least do something for self-improvement. Among the 

 books on his library shelves were works of Fiske, Parkman, and Wash- 

 ington Irving, Green's " Short History of the English People, " Justin 

 McCarthy's " History of Our Own Times," Darwin's " Voyage of the 

 Beagle" and "Origin of Species," Ruskin's " Stones of Venice " and 

 " Modern Painters," Quatrefage's " Human Species," Peschel's "Races 

 of Man," translations of Homer's "Odyssey" and of Marcus Aurelius's 

 "Meditations." Among the more modern writers were Kipling and 

 Stevenson, for both of whom he had great admiration. After his death 

 Stevenson's letters to Sydney Colvin, published in Scribners' Magazine, 

 , were found arranged for binding. He also had Draper's "Conflict 

 Between Religion and Science." 



He was an orthodox Christian, a member of Trinity Church, the 

 rector of which, Rev. Richard P. Williams, Arch-Deacon of the District 

 of Columbia, visited him during his illness, not only as his pastor, but 

 as a personal friend. It was he who officiated at the funeral ceremonies, 

 both at the house and at the grave in the Congressional Cemetery. A 

 meeting of the Trinity Chapter of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew was 

 held after his death to draw up resolutions expressive of sympathy to his 

 family and of the high esteem in which he was held by the members of 

 the brotherhood, of which he was vice-director. He had also been 

 editor of the Trinity News* 



When he was no longer able to read he passed his time in cutting 

 from magazines reproductions of pictures of the old masters and of photo- 

 graphs of landscapes. These he mounted neatly in portfolios. All of 

 them showed wonderful discrimination and appreciation for the beautiful, 

 both in art and nature. He also formed an album of photographic views 

 of the Potomac River and the country surrounding it, dwelling with 

 pleasure over views of Great Falls and of Plummer's Island, which is 

 occupied by the Washington Biologists' Field Club. Of this club he was 

 secretary -treasurer at the time of his death, and he took part personally 

 in buildingtheclub-hou.se which crowns the rocky summit of the island. 



His last literary work was the series of articles on the breadfruit, 



*See Trinity News, Washington, D. C, January, 1894, p. 2S. 



