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II. A Sailor and a Scholar
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Anna Botsford Comstock
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Dedication in the 1953 edition of The Comstocks of Cornell. vii
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- For the Reader xiii
- Editor’s Commentary xvii
- I. The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849–1865 1
- II. A Sailor and a Scholar 17
- III. Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870–1874 39
- IV. Anna Botsford Comstock—Childhood and Girlhood 59
- V. A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876–1879 97
- VI. Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture (Life in Washington as United States Entomologist, 1879–1881) 117
- VII. Return to Cornell 153
- VIII. The Year 1888–1889; With a Winter in Germany 181
- IX. California and Stanford University 199
- X. The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to Study Spiders 223
- XI. “How to Know Butterflies” and the “Confessions to a Heathen Idol” 249
- XII. A Sabbatical Year Abroad—Egypt and Greece 275
- XIII. Italy, Switzerland, and Home 305
- XIV. Chapter 15: 1908–1912, Cornell’s New Quarters for Entomology and Nature Study 323
- XV. The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress 331
- XVI. The 65th Milestone and Retirement 355
- XVII. Florida and Retirement 379
- XVIII. The Toronto Meeting of the A. A. A. S. 1922. A surprising election and a voyage westward 415
- XIX. Honolulu and Happiness, a Voyage to Europe 445
- XX. Mentone 463
- Editor’s Epilogue 485
- Appendix A: Original Preface for The Comstocks of Cornell. Written by Simon Henry Gage in 1938 499
- Appendix B: Original Foreword for The Comstocks of Cornell. Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition 501
- Appendix C: An Epilogue Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition 503
- Appendix D: Memorial Statements for Anna Botsford Comstock Issued by Cornell University and Ithaca Daily Journal News 505
- Appendix E: Memorial Statements for John Henry Comstock Issued by Cornell University 509
- Bibliography 511
- Index 513
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Dedication in the 1953 edition of The Comstocks of Cornell. vii
- Contents ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- For the Reader xiii
- Editor’s Commentary xvii
- I. The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849–1865 1
- II. A Sailor and a Scholar 17
- III. Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870–1874 39
- IV. Anna Botsford Comstock—Childhood and Girlhood 59
- V. A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876–1879 97
- VI. Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture (Life in Washington as United States Entomologist, 1879–1881) 117
- VII. Return to Cornell 153
- VIII. The Year 1888–1889; With a Winter in Germany 181
- IX. California and Stanford University 199
- X. The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to Study Spiders 223
- XI. “How to Know Butterflies” and the “Confessions to a Heathen Idol” 249
- XII. A Sabbatical Year Abroad—Egypt and Greece 275
- XIII. Italy, Switzerland, and Home 305
- XIV. Chapter 15: 1908–1912, Cornell’s New Quarters for Entomology and Nature Study 323
- XV. The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress 331
- XVI. The 65th Milestone and Retirement 355
- XVII. Florida and Retirement 379
- XVIII. The Toronto Meeting of the A. A. A. S. 1922. A surprising election and a voyage westward 415
- XIX. Honolulu and Happiness, a Voyage to Europe 445
- XX. Mentone 463
- Editor’s Epilogue 485
- Appendix A: Original Preface for The Comstocks of Cornell. Written by Simon Henry Gage in 1938 499
- Appendix B: Original Foreword for The Comstocks of Cornell. Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition 501
- Appendix C: An Epilogue Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition 503
- Appendix D: Memorial Statements for Anna Botsford Comstock Issued by Cornell University and Ithaca Daily Journal News 505
- Appendix E: Memorial Statements for John Henry Comstock Issued by Cornell University 509
- Bibliography 511
- Index 513
