Excerpt from In Memoriam: Samuel S. FisherSeveral of the child's earlier years were spent in the City of New York, where his father for some time filled the chair of Professor of Chemistry in the Uni versity of New York. Many are the anecdotes told of him during this period, which serve to illustrate the character which unfolded in his manhood. One or two of these we can not refrain from recalling.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.