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May 20, 2020mdierks May 20, 2020mdierks May 20, 2020mdierks May 20, 2020mdierks Sep 11, 2018Archives & Special Collections Oct 27, 2017Archives & Special Collections	255 Scientific Department Tabor College. J. E. Todd, Professor of Natural Sciences. Tabor, Iowa, Oct 11th 1880. My dear Professor Bessey, I found your letter of Aug 12th together with a copy of your Botany and a letter from H[?] and Co, awaiting me on my return from Nebraska at the beginning of September. Many thanks for your favor. I have often taken up your book at leisure moments and always with admiration for its comprehensiveness combined with conciseness, for the [profession?] of clear and apt illustrations, and for the general arrangement of the work. From my having done but little work in [?] [?] Botany and Micoscopy I feel unqualified to give any suggestions or criticisms on the science of the book. I have seen however such favorable opinions of those who are qualified to judge, [sic.] that I [must?] heartily congratulate you on your success in that direction also. I have written H[?] and Co. as he requested, my judgment of the work, which I gave in as strongly favorable terms as I thot judicious. There is such a thing as overdoing such things. I have received copies of the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy. The work is well done – I am a little disappointed however that [abstracts?] are not more frequently given. In my [?]	255 Scientific Department Tabor College. J. S. Todd, Professor of Natural Sciences. Tabor, Iowa, Oct 11th 1880. My dear Professor Bessey, I found your letter of Aug 12th together with a copy of your Botany and a letter from H[?] and Co, awaiting me on my return from Nebraska at the beginning of September. Many thanks for your favor. I have often taken up your book at leisure moments and always with admiration for its comprehensiveness combined with conciseness, for the [profession?] of clear and apt illustrations, and for the general arrangement of the work. From my having done but little work in [?] [?] Botany and Micoscopy I feel unqualified to give any suggestions or criticisms on the science of the book. I have seen however such favorable opinions of those who are qualified to judge, [sic.] that I [must?] heartily congratulate you on your success in that direction also. I have written H[?] and Co. as he requested, my judgment of the work, which I gave in as strongly favorable terms as I thot judicious. There is such a thing as overdoing such things. I have received copies of the Proceedings of the Iowa Academy. The work is well done – I am a little disappointed however that [abstracts?] are not more frequently given. In my [?]

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