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NOTICES OF BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS 
Edward Singleton Holden (1846-1914). By W. W. Campbell. Bio- 
graphical Memoirs of the National Academy, 8, pp. 347-372. 
This Memoir recounts the hfe-work of Edward S. Holden: Early Education, West Point 
and Army Service, Appointment at the U. S. Naval Observatory, the Great Nebula in Orion, 
Popular Articles and Textbooks, Librarian in U. S. Naval Observatory, Work at the 
University of Wisconsin, Solar Eclipse of May 6, 1883, Transfer to the Lick Observatory, 
and Up-building of its Staff, Photography of the Moon, Librarian of the U. S. MiUtary 
Academy at West Point. The numerous titles of his contributions cover 15 pages. 
