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could be put off no longer the work was begun and put through with 
dispatch to the exclusion of everything else. He was not a ready 
writer, and in much of his correspondence even, he first made a rough 
draught of what he wished to say, from which the clean mailing copy was 
afterwards prepared. Copies of official letters only were preserved, the 
rule of the office requiring it, as during the entire period of Mr. Glover's 
term as entomologist the Commissioner of Agriculture signed all pub- 
lic communications. 
As to the manner of preparing his reports, they were usually written 
in pencil, with scarcely any attempt at punctuation, little attention be- 
ing paid to paragraphs or even to periods and capitals; the work of 
putting into shape for publication, the most disagreeable of all employ- 
ments for Mr. Glover, was then given to others — his earlier reports to 
his confidential clerk and the later ones to the writer. He always 
knew what he wanted to say, however, as far as subject-matter was 
concerned, leaving expression to take care of itself. He wrote in con- 
densed style, at times rushing over the paper rapidly, rarely referring to 
authorities save where he wished to quote literally, with credit, pro- 
ducing his manuscript " out of his head" mainly, from a rough outline 
previously prepared, giving the subjects to be treated. The drawings 
for illustration were prepared in two ways, either drawn carefully from 
the insect and finished in ink, or they were cut from proofs of his cop- 
per plates, and touched up or not as might be required, before sending 
to the wood engraver or lithographer. The illustrations for his last re- 
port on the Hymenoptera were all reproduced from figures cut from his 
plates in this mauner and arranged under his direction by others. 
The months of August and September, 1865, were spent in Paris in 
attendance upon the entomological convention held that year, and at 
which he received the grand gold medal of the Emperor. This was given 
for his work on entomology, which was adjudged by the jury " to be orig- 
inal in its style and character and deserving to be copied by the ento- 
mologists of France as a desideratum in the application of the science to 
agriculture." The notes concerning the entomological exhibition as 
well as those relating to the industrial or economic museums visited by 
him during his stay abroad, appear in the volume for 1865 as a second 
report. Unquestionably this visit to Europe gave a great impetus to 
his museum work, and by familiarizing himself with the systems in 
vogue in other museums of a similar character, he was enabled to pro- 
duce a better scheme for his own. 
The year 1867 was marked by the sale of his collection of fruit models 
to the Government, which, with the collection of birds, included in the 
sale, and the mass of material gotten together during the two years 
that had passed since the museum was established, made quite an in- 
teresting exhibit. The scheme was now fairly realized, and, with the 
increased correspondence which it imposed upon the division, and the 
preparation of additions to its collections— now quite numerous — the 
entomologist's time was occupied by divided interests. The year 1867 
