- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication in the 1953 edition of The Comstocks of Cornell.
- Epigraph
- Acknowledgments
- For the Reader
- Frontispiece
- Editor’s Commentary
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Chapter I The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849–1865 -
Chapter II A Sailor and a Scholar -
Chapter III Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870–1874 -
Chapter IV Anna Botsford Comstock—Childhood and Girlhood -
Chapter V A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876–1879 -
Chapter VI Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture -
Chapter VII Return to Cornell -
Chapter VIII The Year 1888–1889; With a Winter in Germany -
Chapter IX California and Stanford University -
Chapter X The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to Study Spiders -
Chapter XI “How to Know Butterflies” and the “Confessions to a Heathen Idol” -
Chapter XII A Sabbatical Year Abroad—Egypt and Greece -
Chapter XIII Italy, Switzerland, and Home -
Chapter XIV Chapter 15: 1908–1912, Cornell’s New Quarters for Entomology and Nature Study -
Chapter XV The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress -
Chapter XVI The 65th Milestone and Retirement -
Chapter XVII Florida and Retirement -
Chapter XVIII The Toronto Meeting of the A. A. A. S. 1922. A surprising election and a voyage westward -
Chapter XIX Honolulu and Happiness, a Voyage to Europe -
Chapter XX Mentone - Editor’s Epilogue
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Appendix A Original Preface for The Comstocks of Cornell -
Appendix B Original Foreword for The Comstocks of Cornell -
Appendix C An Epilogue Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition -
Appendix D Memorial Statements for Anna Botsford Comstock Issued by Cornell University and Ithaca Daily Journal News -
Appendix E Memorial Statements for John Henry Comstock Issued by Cornell University - Bibliography
- Index
The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress
The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress
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- The Comstocks of Cornell-The Definitive Autobiography
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Anna Botsford Comstock
, Karen Penders St. Clair- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
This chapter describes how John Henry Comstock was asked to represent Cornell University at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Royal Society of London in 1912. On the evening after the Comstocks' arrival in London, Henry went to the first informal meeting of the delegates to the Royal Society Celebration. On July 16, 1912, there was an impressive service in Westminster Abbey, which was attended by the delegates who were all in Academic dress. That evening, there was a great dinner in the Guild hall for the delegates. Eleven of the wives of delegates, including Anna Botsford Comstock, were entertained at dinner by Lady Bradford at her home in Manchester Square. The closing event of the celebration was the garden party at Windsor Castle. The delegates were received by their Majesties in the palace and were shown through it afterwards. Henry then attended the International Congress of Entomologists in Oxford in August of 1912.
Keywords: Anna Botsford Comstock, John Henry Comstock, Cornell University, Royal Society of London, London, Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, International Congress of Entomologists, Oxford
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- Title Pages
- Frontispiece
- Dedication in the 1953 edition of The Comstocks of Cornell.
- Epigraph
- Acknowledgments
- For the Reader
- Frontispiece
- Editor’s Commentary
-
Chapter I The Boyhood of John Henry Comstock, 1849–1865 -
Chapter II A Sailor and a Scholar -
Chapter III Undergraduate Days at Cornell, 1870–1874 -
Chapter IV Anna Botsford Comstock—Childhood and Girlhood -
Chapter V A University Professorship and Marriage, 1876–1879 -
Chapter VI Entomologist to U. S. Department of Agriculture -
Chapter VII Return to Cornell -
Chapter VIII The Year 1888–1889; With a Winter in Germany -
Chapter IX California and Stanford University -
Chapter X The Nature Study Movement at Cornell University; A Journey South to Study Spiders -
Chapter XI “How to Know Butterflies” and the “Confessions to a Heathen Idol” -
Chapter XII A Sabbatical Year Abroad—Egypt and Greece -
Chapter XIII Italy, Switzerland, and Home -
Chapter XIV Chapter 15: 1908–1912, Cornell’s New Quarters for Entomology and Nature Study -
Chapter XV The Two hundred and Fiftieth-anniversary Celebration of the Royal Society and The International Entomological Congress -
Chapter XVI The 65th Milestone and Retirement -
Chapter XVII Florida and Retirement -
Chapter XVIII The Toronto Meeting of the A. A. A. S. 1922. A surprising election and a voyage westward -
Chapter XIX Honolulu and Happiness, a Voyage to Europe -
Chapter XX Mentone - Editor’s Epilogue
-
Appendix A Original Preface for The Comstocks of Cornell -
Appendix B Original Foreword for The Comstocks of Cornell -
Appendix C An Epilogue Written by Glenn W. Herrick for the 1953 Edition -
Appendix D Memorial Statements for Anna Botsford Comstock Issued by Cornell University and Ithaca Daily Journal News -
Appendix E Memorial Statements for John Henry Comstock Issued by Cornell University - Bibliography
- Index
