LETTER OF SUBMITTAL. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Division of Entomology, 
Washington , D. G\, December 5, 1887. 
Sir : I have the honor to submit for publication Bulletin No. 18 of 
this division, being an account of the life and work of the late Townend 
Glover, my predecessor as United States Entomologist, prepared by 
Charles Richards Dodge. I had for some time thought of preparing a 
full bibliographical list of Glover’s writings with a general index 
thereto, because of the usefulness of such a publication in the w T ork of 
the Division. Such a compilation would naturally lead to some brief 
statement of Mr. Glover’s character, and especially of his official life, 
and I would here acknowledge my indebteduess to Mr. Glover’s widow 
and to his cousins in London for their kindness in furnishing informa- 
tion. Mr. Dodge has fortunately been willing to relieve me of a task 
which he is far more able to accomplish, not only because of the data 
he has collected, but by virtue of his long and intimate relations, both 
private and official, with Mr. Glover, who could certainly have had no 
more appreciative biographer. 1 trust that the bulletin may prove ac- 
ceptable and useful to all interested in economic entomology. 
Respectfully, 
C. Y. Riley, 
Entomologist. 
Hon. Norman J. Colman, 
Commissioner of Agriculture . 
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