1895.] Daniel Cady Eaton. 369 
proof copy of Prof. Eaton’s share of this work from his own 
hands. Not the least valuable of Prof. Eaton’s many papers 
have been his notes on ‘‘New and little known ferns of the 
United States,” which have appeared inthe Bulletin of the 
Torrey Botanical Club from time to time, and which have al- 
ways been anticipated eagerly by botanists, while his check 
list of ferns has been invaluable as a medium for exchanges. 
Latterly he has been engaged with Edwin Faxon and oth- 
ers in preparing for distribution fascicles of the sphagna, and 
from January, 1891, to April, 1895, has contributed reviews 
of botanical works to The Nation. 
A complete enumeration of his many papers, or an extended 
notice of even a portion of them here is out of the question 
in a notice necessarily brief, however much one might be in- 
clined to dwell upon it, but it is not too much to say that the 
one monumental work by which he will always be best and 
most popularly known and remembered is the grand work on 
our North American ferns published in two superb volumes in 
1879-80. It is much to be regretted that a third volume 
could not have been added to that splendid publication, to in- 
clude the fern allies, out of the abundant material which has 
accumulated since the last part was issued. 
Of Prof. Eaton’s personality it is not possible to speak ex- 
cept in the very warmest terms of admiration. His was a 
regal nature possessing that true nobility of soul which sub- 
ordinates self wholly, and is ever ready to acknowledge and 
correct errors of judgment. 
It was this quality, the readiness with which he would al- 
ways reconsider and carefully weigh evidence for or against 
any position he may have taken, that endeared him to the 
writer, who, though seldom having the pleasure of a personal 
meeting, yet through frequent correspondence extending over 
a period of some twenty years, had come to entertain for him 
the very highest regard. 
It has been well said of Prof. Eaton that he was ever ready 
to aid those seeking light. ‘‘He was singularly but unob- 
trusively helpful in every social relation, generous and tender 
in his charities, and always eager with some self-sacrificing 
act of neighborly kindness.” 
_ For the passing away of such a man there can be but one 
sincere feeling, that of deep regret, and sympathy for those 
who remain. 
Medford, Mass. 
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