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ofiBce rooms were needed in the department building than its cramped 

 quarters afforded, and in time the space in the splendid museum hall was 

 encroached upon. The collections thus displaced were removed to the 

 exposition building referred to above, though some, as the fibers and 

 birds and a few of the more valuable economic collections, were trans- 

 ferred to the National Museum, where they are carefully preserved, 

 though as yet not placed on exhibition. As to the remaining portion 

 of the "Grlover Museum," it is pretty nearly as is was left ten years ago, 

 save that many of the collections of specimens have suffered from want 

 of care and attention, and that the museum hall is now given over to 

 other uses, for the specimens, those that were worth further preserva- 

 tion, were transferred to the exhibition building mentioned during the 

 winter just passed. 



To conclude: The scheme of the museum, as contemplated by Mr. 

 Glover, was original and unique, however some of its special features 

 may have been suggested by European museums, and it is to be regretted 

 that it could not have been perpetuated and preserved in the original 

 space expressly designed for its accommodation, and where its founder 

 and father labored for its establishment and watched so long its growth 

 and development. 



And what more remains to be said ? The influence of such a man as 

 Mr. Glover is shown to have been has made itself felt, though the ul- 

 timate outcome of his schemes for the diffusion of knowledge among 

 his fellow men did not reach the perfect realization that he had dreamed. 

 "I confess I have no idea how one man had the power alone to accom- 

 plish so much work in such a superior manner," Prof. Hagen once 

 wrote of him. He could not have accomplished more, for he did that 

 which his hands found to do with all his might while his strength 

 lasted, and then he rested from his labors. 



