Excerpt from A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861-June 25, 1891; A Memorial Volume At the very opening of this bright outlook for the future and attain ment of this splendid preparation, in which Dr. Northrop had shown such rare ability and resourcefulness, came the tragedy of his sudden death, connected with the performance of his duties as curator of the zoological collections in the School of Mines Museum. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.