'In 1913 William Larkin Webb published 'Brief Biography and Popular Account of the Unparalleled Discoveries of T. J. J. See'. Webb was a newspaper publisher and amateur astronomer, and longtime admirer of fellow Missourian See. This book, which many regarded to have been written by See himself, essentially destroyed any remaining credibility he had in the astronomical community. The Nation published a review of the book which poked fun at the extraordinary hyperbole: 'The infant See, we are told, first saw the light on the 393d anniversary of Copernicus's birth, . . . [and] showed himself 'every inch a natural philosopher' by speculating on the origins of the sun, moon and stars at the tender age of two, never so much as dreaming that he should grow into a little boy with 'methodical methods', and one day become 'the greatest astronomer in the world' ' (Wikipedia). 'The most egotistical work in the history of astronomy is the biography by W. L. Webb of the American astronomer T. J. J. See (1866-1962), known to some as 'The Sage of Mare Island.' This book, chronicling the 'unparalleled' discoveries of See, is in fact an autobiography written in the third person, using a pseudonym'