Clarence Luther Herrrick — Tight. 5 
THIRD PERIOD. 1889-1894. 
Upon his acceptance of the chair of Biology in the uni- 
versity of Cincinnati in 1889, the geological studies with 
which the preceding five years had been so fully occupied 
were summarily brought to a close and he threw himself 
with renewed energy into the study of the nervous system. 
Extensive papers on the brains of different animals appear- 
ed in rapid succession of which the most valuable are two 
series, one on the brains of various fishes, the other on 
those of reptiles. In 1891 the Jouyial of Comparative Neur- 
ology was founded and served as the medium of publication 
for most of these researches. The founding of this journal 
can best be designated as a' piece of characteristic audac- 
ity. It was a purely private enterprise with no funds as- 
sured and very little outside co-operation promised. But 
without counting the cost he plunged boldly in, expecting 
a constituency to be developed as the work went on. In this 
he has not been disappointed wholly, though recognition 
of financial needs has lagged sadly behind that of the scien- 
tific excellence of the journal. At the close of 1891 he re- 
signed his chair in the university of Cincinnati to accept a 
chair of Biology in the university of Chicago, then being re- 
organized. The early part of 1892 was spent in Europe, 
chiefly in Berlin. Upon his return the adjustment at Chic- 
ago presented unexpected difficulties and after a series of 
misunderstandings he withdrew from the institution, declin- 
ing an offer to return to Germany for further study on 
full salary. He was immediately elected to his old post in 
Denison university with an assistant and the privilege of 
devoting only a part of his time to teaching, the remainder 
to be spent either at home or abroad in the further prosecu- 
tion of his research. A year and a half of great productive- 
ness followed. He bought a small tract of land adjacent to 
the college campus, built a residence upon it and planned to 
devote the remainder of his days to breeding animals on an 
extensive scale and studying the laws of heredity, compara- 
tive psychology and allied problems. But before this pro- 
ject was fully under way his health broke down and he 
was forced to abandon his home in the fight for life. 
In December, 1893, he had a severe attack of la grippe. 
