Chapters in this book

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