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An American naturalist and prose-writer; born in Michigan, 1852. The summer of 1873 he spent with Louis Agassiz in his seaside school on Penikese. After Agassiz died he was naturalist and collector with the Hayden survey in the West. He contributed scientific articles to various newspapers. His writings include: "Birds'-Nesting" (1881); "History and Present Condition of the Oyster Industries of the United States" (1881); "Knocking Round the Rockies" (1882); "Country Cousins" (1884); "The Strange Ventures of a Stowaway" (1886); and "The Wit of the Wild" (1906).