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cially nice and discriminating, selecting those which best inter- 
preted the meaning he wished to convey, and frequently antici- 
pating their use, giving them a force which has since been recog- 
nized and accepted. 
His literary work commenced at the age of fifteen, and between 
1834 and 1841 we find him contributing to the Churchman a se- 
ries of fifty-four articles entitled “ Notitia Literaria ” and “Adver- 
saria,” embracing a wide range in criticism, biography and the- 
ology. As we read their pages we scarcely know which to wonder 
at most, the extent and thoroughness of his reading, or the ripe- 
ness and maturity of his expression. The boy of seventeen was a 
full grown man in the stature of his thought, and we can 
well understand the astonishment with which he was regarded 
when he first presented himself before the scholars with whom he 
d long been in correspondence. This same interest in general 
literature followed him through his life. In 1865 he edited a 
reprint of “ New England Rarities” by John Joselyn, Gent. 
few pages of this quaint volume are devoted to descriptions of 
plants, most of the species intended being identified by the editor. } 
Scattered through the publications of the Antiquarian and Genea- 
logical Societies will be found many of his contributions, and re- 
cently he has written several articles, chiefly criticisms, in the 
Church Eclectic. 
Notwithstanding his close and unwearied application to the 
chosen study of his life, he still found time to keep abreast of the 
literature of the day in theology, history and travel. He was a 
pioneer in the study of the flora of the White mountains, and the 
ravine which bears his name and the contributions to Starr King’s 
“White Hills” will be a lasting monument to the enthusiastic 
student who so thoroughly explored them. His scholarly ability 
was recognized at home and abroad by election to membership in 
many literary and scientific societies. 
Il. Bibliographical Sketeh. 
HENRY WILLEY. 
o attempt is made in the following sketch to enumerate anything but 
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the scientific writings of Dr. Tuckerman. ] 
Prof. Tuckerman commenced the study of lichens in 1838, 
and made explorations in the vicinity of Boston and in the White 
mountains. The results of these studies appeared in the Journal 
of the Boston Society of Natural History under the following 
titles: ‘An enumeration of some lichens of New England,” read 
Dee. 5, 1838, vol. ii. pp. 245-261 ; “A further enumeration,” etc., 
