A Letter from Dr. Coues to Dr. Cooper. 



THE following letter, contributed by Mr. Emerson, 

 is of interest just now, in connection with the life 

 of Dr. Cooper. We have here a glimpse into the 

 past, showing us at once the friendship existing be- 

 tween Dr. Cooper and Dr. Coues, and the esteem in 

 which Cassin was held by his fellow workers. 



Fort Macon, North Carolina, February 21, 1869. 

 MY DEAR COOPER: 



I have not heard from you for so long, that I don't 

 recollect which one of us owes the other a letter; but 

 that's no great matter after all! I have received the 

 two copies of your paper so kindly sent, and read them 

 with unusual interest and profit. You quote me, I 

 notice, very extensively. I have not the papers by 

 me or I should like to make a few notes that struck me 

 on first perusal. I consider the paper a highly inter- 

 esting and very valuable one. That one now printing 

 in the "Naturalist" will also be of great practical ser- 

 vice. Please let me have a copy of all that you write. 

 I understand that your large work will be out before 

 long. I think I have seen it announced, in print, in some 

 publisher's prospectus, but can not recall definitely. 

 I look for it with eager interest. I have sent you, I think, 

 all the papers that I have published since my u Pro- 



