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climate, and in spite of tlie fact that he had taken the editorship 

 of the Journal of Comparative Neurology upon his hands, we 

 find him a frequent and valued contributor. So late as June, 

 1900, (in Vol. XI) we find an elaborate article of more than GO 

 pages with a map and 3-i of the beaiUiful plates for which he 

 was so well known. 



As to his success in receiving recognition in the form of 

 exchanges from the scientific institutions which issue publica- 

 tions made up principally of original contributions to science, 

 witness the long rows of shelves in the library of the Associa- 

 tion in Barney Science Hall, filled with several thousand valu- 

 able works from about 200 of the most famous learned societies 

 of North and South America, Europe, Japan, and Australia. 

 Through this nieans the name of Denison is known and honored 

 in New York, Boston and Washington ; in London, Edinburgh, 

 Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Prague and Vienna ; in Tokio, Sidney and 

 iMelbourne and most of the capitals of four continents. 



In 1S87 Professor Herrick founded the Denison Scientific 

 Association, whose object, aim and history during seventeen years 

 are well known to most of you. Very faithfully has it carried out 

 its aims, as he expressed them in its constitution, "To collect, record 

 and disseminate information bearing on the sciences, and to stimu- 

 late interest in local natural history and preserve specimens illus- 

 trating the same." I think very few of us w-ho tried to help him 

 start the Association expected that it would continue and develop 

 as it has done. !My own feeling concerning it is well expressed in 

 a letter recently received from another of its charter members, 

 Professor J. E. Woodland of the Rochester Athenaeum and 

 Mechanics Institute. Pie says : 



'T recall vividly the organization of the Denison Scientific 

 Association and the enthusiasm with which Professor Herrick 

 directed the work and gathered the material for the programs. 

 I have been associated with other Scientific Associations since 

 then but have yet to find the genuine local interest and enthusi- 

 asm that characterized the one in Granville." 



During the three years which he spent on the Facultv of 



