STATE EXPERIMENT STATION 235 



(S. W. J. TO F. H. S.) 



New Haven, Ct., Jan. 13, 1888. 



My dear Storer, I became duly possessed of your sending 

 of the 5th inst., and but for a heavy job of examination papers, 

 Station Report, proofs and other jobs of writing should have 

 thrown the arms of my soul around the neck of yours and 

 cried evoe! ahoy! prosit! na! or something in a "furrin" 

 tongue (badly spelled doubtless!) to express my delight in 

 such an east wind as your letter brought me from Bos-town. 

 I have put your titles all into my catalogue a good number 

 of them were booked for it but had failed to get copied, but 

 a good number I owe to your suggestion. 



The Science review of your "Agriculture" I did not write 

 nor do I positively know who did. I suppose it was Armsby. 

 I recommended him to Science to do their ag. Science for 

 them and he has a good head on him. Has just gone to direct 

 the Pa. State Ag. Exp. Station. 



I had thought I might run on to Boston and see you during 

 the late holiday vacation but "business" piled up and I 

 had to maintain the awful grind. 



When you have an odd day and want a change, come and 

 stay with me at 54 Trumbull St. My wife and I, having 

 married off our little girl, are keeping house with Hanna 

 Anderson and the cat, and can keep you as snug and quiet 

 as could be desired. Yours faithfully, S. W. Johnson. 



The wife says she would like to show you her grandson who 

 lords it over another ward of this city. 



(ORIGINAL DRAFT OF LETTER OF S. W. J. TO THE U. S. COM- 

 MISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE.) 



New Haven, Conn., Feb. 7, 1888. 



My dear Sir, In reference to your proposition to eliminate 

 or materially modify Prof. Comstock's list of books by sub- 

 mitting it to revision by the Entomological Division of the 



