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Conte and Asa Fitch, there were hardly any workiug entomologists in the United 
States ; Harris had died a few years earlier. As early as these times Glover was pre- 
paring his copper-plates as a record of his collections and observations. 1 hoped he 
would issue a volume with plates representing the most common insects, which, at 
that time , would have been very useful in acquainting the public with the principal 
forms and in starting the subject. But years went by. I left Washington in 1862, 
and it was only in 1874 that Glover wrote me to ask for my opinion about the publi- 
cation of his work. * * * However, I had occasion to ascertain afterwards that 
Glover had fully appreciated my frankness and my kind intention. I am glad that 
you have undertaken to write a memorial of this amiable and worthy man and sincere 
lover of nature. 
In consequence of the circumstances herein narrated, Mr. Glover 
modified largely his previous ideas regarding the publication of the 
Diptera. He decided upon a small edition of 50 copies, and chose for 
the volume the modest title “ Manuscript Notes from my Journal, or 
Illustrations of lusects,” and, to carry out the idea more fully, had it 
printed by lithographic transfer upon stone from his own handwriting. 
Apropos of this lithographic fac-simile printing, a characteristic an- 
ecdote may be related. As may be inferred his printing bill was consid- 
erable. The process necessitated making, with his own hand, a careful 
copy of each page in trausfer ink, and as the steps which followed 
were purely mechanical he argued that with press and appliances he 
could easily do the work himself. Making inquiry he learned of a small 
portable contrivance for the purpose, arranged with a cylindrical stone 
and which could be obtained at a comparatively low price — less than 
$100, I think. So the little printing establishment was purchased and 
set up in his office in the Department. A very nice page of copy was 
prepared after everything had been arranged to his satisfaction, direc- 
tions were duly followed as to the transfer process, ink applied plenti- 
fully, and an impression taken. 
The professor’s face was a study as he took off this first sheet. Not 
half of the written words appeared on the page, the transferring of the 
copy not having taken from the stone. Then the printing ink had 
stuck to the stone in places where the space should have been left 
white, and altogether it was a very unsatisfactory beginning. Impres- 
sion after impression was taken with no better success ; and then it was 
decided that insufficient care had been exercised in making the transfer of 
the original. The next point was to clean the stone. The directions indi- 
cated that the cylinder should be placed in a concave appliance, of a 
material resembling fire-brick, which accompanied the press, and the 
crank turned until the ink upon its surface had all been removed. Mr. 
Glover adjusted the stone, grasped the crank, and ground away until 
patience was very nearly exhausted, when he called in a colored mes- 
senger to help him finish the work. Other trials followed, duriug which 
the amateur printer lost all patience, and after keeping the contrivance 
a week or two he prevailed upon the agent to take it back at a large 
discount from the original cost and a professional lithographer was 
agaiu employed to do his printing. 
