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thoughtful. Professor Cope gave five sittings for this bust from Nov., 
1896 till January, 1897; and as Mr. Castello says “ he assisted in the work 
of modelling by carefully indicating to me what he considered the char- 
acteristic points of his head from the position of an anatomist.” 
Like Mr. Pettit, Mr. Castello undertook this work ‘‘ as a study artistic- 
ally and personally,’ and found ‘‘ opportunities of making himself famil- 
iar with the expressions of that unique face which have been valuable 
indeed.” 
The likenesses of Professor Edward D. Cope on the succeeding pages. 
represent him at various times and probably in various moods during the 
last eighteen years. They are from photographs taken in the years indi- 
cated under the pictures ; the earliest (1879) by Shew of San Francisco ; 
those of 1884 and 1892 by W. Curtis Taylor; and that of 1889 by Scholl, 
both of Philadelphia. 
These photographs are not all equally successful as pictures, but they 
represent the gradual change which has been taking place during the last 
period of his useful life in the vital force of one of the most persistent work- 
ers for science, and in this respect they will be of interest to those who 
know their subject only by name. 
If it be asked why so many representations of Professor Cope are given 
in this, the first number of his journal issued since his death, the answer 
is that his temporary successor desires to make this, in so far as it is pos- 
sible, a memorial number. But inasmuch as it would not be possible in so 
short a time to present a history worthy of the man and his work, only the 
superficial parts of such a history to wit : his appearance and the emotions 
which his death have cams are here attempted. A proper necrological 
memoir of such a man lin haste, and should require the 
same painstaking care which its object bestowed on his investigations, for 
there is a useful lesson to learn from such a work, although one might 
judge from a remark which Professor Cope made to the writer a few days 
before his death that he was indifferent on the subject of a proper history 
of his life. 
Being reminded of a promise he had made to the speaker many years 
ago to prepare a full autobiography, or notes from which a detailed 
account of his life could be written, he replied that he had published in a 
certain journal all that could be needed on the subject. A reference to 
the indicated publication resulted in finding four or five lines chiefly 
taken up with the statements of his birth, parentage and marriage. For- 
tunately for those of us who are proud of the achievements of the scien- 
tific man of the United States, the records of his career form part of his 
country’s history. They are therefore carefully preserved and may be 
consulted by those whose interest or duty it is to use them.—P. F. 
