Edward Drinker Cope. — Frazer. 8 1 
longicauda) "the type of the sub-family Spelerprinae which I 
attempted to characterize in a paper published in the Proceed- 
ings of the Academy of Natural Sciences." 
"It is now evening, and such a one as would delight thy peace 
loving fancy. The temperature is delightful, and Zephyrus breathes 
so gently as scarce to disturb an aspen leaf. There is no sound of 
man; everything is in perfect repose except the cricket trilling its 
soothing note, and the toad whose sad cry comes from the swamp. 
As the west grows grayer and the last glow of sunset disappears, the 
light mists rise and spread over the low meadows like a veil upon the 
sleeping grass, while the dark shade of the willows is spangled by the 
sparks of the fire fly, which rise from their dismal concealment and 
light timid benighted fays — for there is no moon. How soothing and 
calming to look out upon this silent view, terminated by the dark 
woods upon the horizon. It makes one feel at peace with oneself 
and everyone else; and how gently you can glide into dreamland with 
a soft breath fanning your cheek like the wing of a passing angel." 
"Dr. Leidy is getting up a great work on comparative anatomy 
which is to be the modern standard. Such a work will be very useful 
to those who want to go to the bottom of natural history; it is an in- 
teresting study too, to notice the modification in form, the degrada- 
tions, substitutions, etc., among the internal organs and bones. The 
structure, forms and positions of teeth, too, are interesting to notice, 
so invariably are they the index of the economy and the position in 
nature of the animal." 
From this year dates the first of his communications to 
Scientific Societies (The Academy of Natural Sciences of 
Philadelphia). 
1859- 
I. I. Pr. A. N. S. 1859. P- 12^ "O" the primary division 
of the Salamandridse" (6 pp.) 
From Londongrove, Sept. 16, i860, he writes to his father: 
"I have been wanting for a long time to attend the lectures on 
anatomy at the University some winter when the opportunity should 
ofifer." * * "The whole ground is gone over in a winter and the 
knowledge of human and comparative anatomy would be of immense 
service to one desiring knowledge of the proper manner of treating 
stock, and of general comparative zoology. I am familiar with the 
main points of anatomical structure and could perfect myself in the 
minutiae in a winter better than students whose attention has to be 
directed to the main points." * * "In a few leisure moments this 
summer I have been tinkering at the enumeration and description of 
the reptiles of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition prepared in a 
very imperfect way by Dr. E. Hallowell." 
