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could be put off uo longer the work was begun and put through with 

 dispatch to the exclusion of everything else. He was not a ready 

 writer, and in much of his correspondence even, he first made a rough 

 draught of what he wished to say, from which the clean mailing copy was 

 afterwards prepared. Copies of official letters only were preserved, the 

 rule of the office requiring it, as during the entire period of Mr. Glover's 

 term as entomologist the Commissioner of Agriculture signed all pub- 

 lic communications. 



As to the manner of preparing his reports, they were usually written 

 in pencil, with scarcely any attempt at punctuation, little attention be- 

 ing paid to paragraphs or even to periods and capitals; the work of 

 putting- into shape for publication, the most disagreeable of all employ- 

 ments for Mr. Glover, was then given to others — his earlier reports to 

 his confidential clerk and the later ones to the writer. He always 

 knew what he wanted to say, however, as far as subject-matter was 

 concerned, leaving expression to take care of itself. He wrote in con- 

 densed style, at times rushing over the paper rapidly, rarely referring to 

 authorities save where he wished to quote literally, with credit, pro- 

 ducing his manuscript "out of his head" mainly, from a rough outline 

 previously prepared, giving the subjects to be treated. The drawings 

 for illustration were prepared in two ways, either drawn carefully from 

 the insect and finished in ink, or they were cut from proofs of his cop- 

 per plates, and touched up or not as might be required, before sending 

 to the wood engraver or lithographer. The illustrations for his last re- 

 port on the Hymenoptera were all rei)roduced from figures cut from his 

 plates in this manner and arranged under his direction by others. 



The months of August and September, 1865, were spent in Paris in 

 attendance upon the entomological convention held that year, and at 

 which he received the grand gold medal of the Emperor. This was given 

 for his work on entomology, which was adjudged by the jury " to be orig- 

 inal in its style and character and deserving to be copied by the ento- 

 mologists of France as a desideratum in the application of the science to 

 agriculture." The notes concerning the entomological exhibition as 

 well as those relating to the industrial or economic museums visited by 

 him during his stay abroad, appear in the volume for 1805 as a second 

 report. Unquestionably this visit to Europe gave a great impetus to 

 his museum work, and by familiarizing himself with the systems in 

 vogue in other museums of a similar character, he was enabled to pro- 

 duce a better scheme for his own. 



The year 1867 was marked by the sale of his collection of fruit models 

 to the Government, which, with the collection of birds, included in the 

 sale, and the mass of material gotten together during the two years 

 that had passed since the museum was established, made quite an in- 

 teresting exhibit. The scheme was now fairly realized, and, with the 

 increased correspondence which it imposed upon the division, and the 

 preparation of additions to its collections— now quite numerous — the 

 entomologist's time was occupied by divided interests. The year 1867 



