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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1920. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... lately, and carried himself gracefully; he liked to dance about in playing with his children. Regarding Packard's life as a whole, we see a man who was spurred forward by internal rather than external stimuli. He did not work primarily for such rewards as the world might give, and when these came he was usually surprised. Humble concerning his personal achievement, he had unbounded faith in the cause he served, and unlimited zeal in the service. He was a good and faithful soldier in the army of science, and as such was captain to many more than he ever knew. His influence remains, and will long continue a factor in the scientific life of America. bibliography of A. S. packard i860. 1. Articles on economic entomology. Maine Farmer. 1861. 2. Entomological report on the army-worm and grain aphis. 6th Ann. Rept. Me. Bd. Agric., 1861, pp. 130-145. 3. Report on the insects collected on the Penobscot and aheguash Rivers during August and September, 1861. 6th Ann. Rept. Me. Bd. Agric., 1861, pp. 373-376. 4. Report on the geology of the Fish River Lakes, Maine. Geological Survey of Maine for 1861, pp. 420-425. 1862. 5. How to observe and collect insects. Second Ann. Rept. Nat. Hist, and Geol. Me., 1862, pp. 143-219, figs. (Separate, August, 1863, 79 pp.. figs.). 1863. 6. On synthetic types in insects. Boston Journ. Nat. Hist., vol. 7, pp. 590-603, figs. In 1887 the U. S. Department of Agriculture published Division of Entomology Bulletin 16, The Entomological Writings of Dr. Alpheus Spring Packard, by Samuel Henshaw. This lists 339 titles, and has been fully utilized in preparing the present bibliography. I have also had access to a list of additional titles, either not entomological or subsequent to Henshaw's work, prepared by Dr. Packard himself. Still other titles ha...
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