LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Division of Entomology, 

 Washington,, D. 6'., December 5, 1887. 

 Sir : 1 have the honor to submit for publicatiou Biilletiu No. 18 of 

 this division, being an account of the life and work of the hite Townend 

 Glover, my predecessor as United States Entomologist, prepared by 

 Charles Richards Dodge. I had for some time thought of preparing a 

 full bibliographical list of Glover's writings with a general index 

 thereto, because of the usefulness of such a publication in the work of 

 the Division. Such a comi^ilation would naturally lead to some brief 

 statemeut of Mr. Glover's character, and esi)ecially of his official life, 

 and I would here acknowledge my indebtedness to Mr. Glover's widow 

 and to his cousins in Loudon for their kindness in furnishing informa- 

 tion. Mr, Dodge has fortunately been willing to relieve me of a task 

 which he is far more able to accomplish, not only because of the data 

 he has collected, but by virtue of his long and intimate relations, both 

 private and official, with Mr. Glover, who could certainly have had no 

 more appreciative biographer. 1 trust that the bulletin may prove ac- 

 ceptable and useful to all interested in economic entomology. 

 Respectfully, 



C. V. Riley, 



Entomologist. 

 Hon. Norman J. Colman, 



Commissioner of Agriculture. 



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