CONTENTS. xvii 



CHAPTER VI. 



1836-1837 (continued} and 1838. 



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Discussion raised by Agassiz's Discourse at Neuchatel Agassiz's 

 Great Reputation at the Early Age of Thirty Years Death of his 

 Father Laurillard the Assistant of Cuvier The Establishment 

 of Hercule Nicolet's Lithography at Neuchatel Dr. Vogt of 

 Berne sends Agassiz Edward Desor as a Secretary Offer of a 

 Chair at the Academies of Geneva and Lausanne First Visit to 

 the Bernese Alps Two Letters to Jules Thurmann A Visit to 

 Chamounix The Meeting of the Geological Society of France at 

 Porrentruy First Use of Lithochromy for the Plates of Fossil 

 Fishes The Geologist Armand Gressly Agassiz created a 

 " Bourgeois " of Neuchatel Organization of an Academy at 

 Neuchatel 109 



CHAPTER VII. 

 1839-1840. 



Agassiz's Scientific Activity ; the Help rendered by his Secretary 

 Desor An Interesting Business Letter to Pictet Dispute with 

 Edward Charlesworth about the French and German Translation 

 of Sowerby's " Mineral Conchology" Visit to the Monte Rosa 

 and the Matterhorn The Geologist Voltz of Strasbourg Stu- 

 der's Conversion to the Glacial Doctrine Old Glaciers in the 

 Vosges Search on the Glacier of the Aar for Hugi's Old Cabin 

 Karl Vogt's Arrival as Assistant to Agassiz The Household 

 and Laboratory of Agassiz at Neuchatel The " Echinodermes 

 fossiles de la Suisse " " Etudes sur les Glaciers " The " Essai 

 sur les Glaciers," by de Charpentier Letter of Agassiz to de Char- 

 pentier The "Hotel des Neuchatelois " on the Aar Glacier 

 Visit of Mrs. Agassiz and Alexander to the Glacier Journey to 

 England The Glacial Theory in England Agassiz's Discovery 

 of Ancient Glaciers in Scotland, Ireland, and England Letter to 

 Humboldt ..... ... . 137 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 1841-1842. 



Visit during the Winter to the Aar Glacier Letters to Jules Thur- 

 mann and to Eugenic Sismonda " Monographic d'Echinodermes 



