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CHAPTER III. 

 1831-1832. 



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First Visit to Paris His Relations with Cuvier Humboldt charmed 

 with him His Visit to the Seashore at Dieppe Death of 

 Cuvier Sketch of Cuvier's Life Cuvier and Geoffrey St. Hilaire 



Their Discussion before the French Academy of Science 

 Cuvier's Influence on Agassiz Difficulty of getting an Official 

 Position in Paris Appointed Professor at the Lyceum of Neu- 

 chatel ............ 36 



CHAPTER IV. 



1832-1835. 



Agassiz's First Establishment at Neuchatel Foundation of the 

 " Societe des Sciences Naturelles," on the 6th of December, 1832 



An Offer of a Chair at the University of Heidelberg declined 

 Letter of Humboldt Engagement of Alexander Braun with Miss 

 Cecile Guyot and that of Karl Schimper with Miss Emmy Braun 

 broken off Marriage of Agassiz with Miss Cecile Braun Publi- 

 cation of the First Part of the "Fossil Fishes" First Visit to 

 England in 1834 "Monographic des Echinodermes " Des 

 Moulins's Work on the Same Subject Criticisms of Humboldt 

 and von Buch Second Visit to England in 1835 Birth of a 

 Son Four Letters to Pictet and Nicolet 50 



CHAPTER V. 

 1836-1837. 



The Wollaston Medal First Paper of de Charpentier on the Glacial 

 Theory Venetz's Observations on Large Boulders perched on 

 the Sides of the Alpine Valleys Dr. Hermann Lebert, the First 

 Disciple and Pupil of de Charpentier and Venetz -- Extract from 

 de Charpentier's First Paper Agassiz's Summer Vacation at Bex, 

 near the House of de Charpentier Conversion of Agassiz to the 

 Glacial Theory; his Creation of the Ice-age Karl Schimper 

 visits Agassiz at Bex and at Neuchatel Discours de Neuchatel 

 July 24, 1837, on th e Ice-age ....... 72 



