NATIONAL ACADEMY BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS — VOL. VII 



I remember he was fond of taking walks in the fields and woods, and 

 collecting and putting in his pocket whatever interested him, whether 

 shells or pebbles or plants or bugs. Sometimes when I met him he 

 would empty his pockets, showing me what he had found and get what 

 information he could from me about whatever excited his interest. This 

 seemed to indicate that his love for natural history was very early 

 developed. 



"Professor Norton wrote : 



I do not think that he studied chemistry or Virgil under me, but in 

 all likelihood he was under me in some of his early studies, botany and 

 natural philosophy for instance. As I call him to mind, he was a quiet, 

 studious boy, rather reserved in his manner, and not much given to the 

 ordinary boyhood jokes and games. 



The last time I met him, so far as I can recollect, he was engaged in 

 a summer school of natural philosophy in the upper floor of the High 

 School, together with Prof. A. H. Tuttle, now of the University of 

 Virginia. I was much struck with the mastery he exhibited in his 

 school and surprised at his early maturity. 



"He went by the name of 'Mummy' among his schoolmates, 

 probably because of his silent habits. At the high school his 

 liking for and ability in mathematics and natural science was 

 notable, and is remembered by his teachers and fellow-students, 

 one of whom was Dr. J. H. Lowman. He and Doctor Low- 

 man took private lessons in Greek from Professor Rueger, who 

 was a teacher of German in the high school, and thereafter 

 this subject had a charm for him second only to that of mathe- 

 matics and natural science. 



"Doctor Lowman remembers his early work with the micro- 

 scope, and being shown the teeth of a snail and the epithelial 

 cells of tissues, and thinks he worked with the microscope in 

 Doctor Maynard's office. 



"My mother had a liking for the fine arts, and had some little 

 native ability in drawing and coloring, although she had had no 

 training, and very little opportunity to cultivate this natural gift. 

 When my brother began to use the microscope, he asked me to 

 show him how to draw the objects he was studying. I gave 

 him a few instructions, but almost from the start he grasped 

 the idea, and soon became very skilful in drawing with the 

 pen. All he seemed to need was a few suggestions to start 

 him right, and he went on without assistance and soon taught 

 himself to make beautiful and elaborate drawings with the pen. 



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