LETTER FROM PROF. ROGERS. 



Newport, Oct. 6, 1874. 

 To Pres. Botjve", 



My dear friend : — I regret that it will not be in my power to at- 

 tend the meeting of the Natural History Society tomorrow evening, 

 as I should greatly desire to unite with you in an affectionate trib- 

 ute to the memory of Prof. Wyman, whose long services as Pres- 

 ident of the Society, and whose peculiar excellences as a student of 

 nature must ever claim our regard and admiration. 



From my first acquaintance with him, while engaged in the delicate 

 microscopic dissections with which he illustrated the work of the late 

 Dr. Amos Binney on Land-shells, until within a few years past, I 

 have had frequent opportunities of marking his scientific progress; 

 and although but little acquainted with the inquiries to which he 

 chiefly devoted himself, I have understood enough of his labors to 

 appreciate his singular patience and accuracy as an observer, his 

 ingenuity in devising experiments, and the caution and conscientious- - 

 ness with which he was accustomed to report the results of his 

 investigations. 



These qualities, early recognized by his scientific co-workers 

 abroad as well as at home, placed him in the front rank of the pro- 

 moters of the biological sciences. To these intellectual gifts was 

 added a modesty and self-forgetfulness which, while they were un- 

 favorable to the more popular recognition of his merits, have ren- 

 dered his example preeminently worthy of imitation by all honest 

 seekers after truth. Yours faithfully, 



William B. Rogers. 





