llle said that no one in the Government was allowed to publish in 
hatin. I explained that he meant only things p*Ht«4 at the Gov- 
ernment Printing Office, that i had publiehen cleric 4iagnes*a 
in Latin end so had many others. He had thought it was most re- 
markable that "in a free country" and so on. (The "free country" 
part has come to he pretty much of a Joke to thinking Americans, 
hut I did not say so.) Dr. Briquet got very emphatic ah out these 
elementary species 1 that are being published nowadays, le said 
that Dr. ffettstein had started it (with Hioracium?-- 1 fOxg**) 
and had been followed hy aandel-f-a^netti with Earasioum. Then 
some Seandinavian had gone Handel-Ma set ti several hotter, dee- 
soribing as many more and that B*W was mad ahout it, hut . it was 
hie own fault. Dr. Briquet is a delightful man to listen to % 
very interesting and with just enough queer English to he 
charming. — Dr. B -would like u» to send Dof/euea to Saint- 
xves who is working on anatomy and wants correctly named 
material farr sectioning. I have made a note of it. He told 
me of his meeting with St -Yves, who is commandant e# in the 
army. When Briquet arrieoa at a little village he found it had 
Just been taken possession of hy troops (this was in Prance, 
in the Maritime alpes,- I guess, at least it was the Maritime . . 
il pes Briquet mostly talked of.). He was taken to the command- 
ant and when he gave his name was joyously welcomed hy Staves 
and the next morning early he and Dfc- 1 , with orderlies to carry 
their collecting outfit, climbed the montain, and they had a fine 
dinner up there with champagne.— Dr. Briquet talked some of the 
war— what a terrible shock the invasion of Belgium was. He said 
that 'naturally 5 ' he was in sympathy with the Germans at first. 
'When the news cam© of the attack on Belgium he did not believe it, 
he declared it was just war talk. He is an arm}; officer and had 
