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go from Berlin to Stockholm for tbo sake of com- 

 paring a single fossil shell with one there; or to 

 start for St. Petersburg with only an extra pair of 

 eocks in hia pockets Yet ho was a noble of Ger- 

 many and welcome at the Emperor's Court. It is to 

 him geology owes its present form. He vras a pupil 



of Werner, but had freed himself from Werner's 

 errors. 



The Professor sought to encourage despondent 

 ones by such records as this of Lyonnet. but he him- 

 self, a monument of his own indefatigable industry 

 and application, was our greatest incentive to 

 steadily keep to our climbing up the hill of science. 

 He said: Lyonnet studied for years the anatomy of 

 the larva; of the ninth of a caterpillar (crosus ligni- 

 penda), which lives in the "wood of the European 

 willow. He wanted drawings made of his work, 

 but could tind no draughtsman, so he learned draw- 

 ing himself, and bis figures are the -wonder of the 

 scientific world. For their sake he was admitted to 

 the Academy of Arts. Then ho wanted his drawings 

 engraved, but could find no engraver, and so learned 

 how and engraved his own plates. His book and his 

 life are models of the most extraordinary patience, 

 perseverance and skill. 



One afternoon, as the students -were all quietly at 

 work in our laboratory. Prof. Benjamin Peirce of the 

 Coast Survey came in. His visit was a complete 

 surprise, aad Agassiz's greeting was characteristic. 

 He shouted, Y Hallo, Peirce!" ran and threw his 

 arms round his neck and kissed him. That day the 

 Professor was in his most genial mood, and just be- 

 fore tea there was a sort of public talk between the 

 two great teachers, who seemed as delighted at being 

 together after a few weeks separation as school- gi rls. 

 Prof. Peirce related that not long ago, as he was 

 about to start for Washington to appeal to Congress 

 in behalf of the needs of the Survey, Prof. Agassiz 

 bid him good-bye with th*. injunction : " Tell them 

 (Congress) that it is their duty to do something to derate 

 the character of the nation." 



The conversation opened with some ideas in refer- 

 ence to the nebular hypothesis, viewed mathemati- 

 cally, and drifted through all sorts of median sub- 

 jects to a statement by Prof. Agassiz, of his feelings 

 upon certain religious questions. Among other 

 things he said : 



I am <!( nmme.-d in Europe as one who derives my 

 scientific ide;i from the Church, and am re- 

 garded by my elmrch-going friends as an 

 infidel, because I will not bo dictated to. Have 

 with traditional belief and dogmatic science 

 imtliing to do scrape it oil'. If wo are weak 

 let us fall back upon tradition and belief for sup- 

 port, Imii'bly; if \ve are strong let us see what there 

 Is outside of belief, and don't care what the world 



That evening:, when it boenmo sufficiently dart 

 the powerful stcreopticon was produced, and tho 

 images of live animals (minute sea-life) were thrown 

 upon the screen. The shapes and antiesof some of 

 the specimens immensely magnified as they were 

 were very funny. Wishing to point out some notable 

 feature in the creatures, Prof. Agassiz approached 

 the screen, and in so doing stepped into the beam of 

 light, when instantly his silhouette was cast upon 

 the broad white surface with a glorious effect never 

 now to be forgotten. It seemed to shadow forth that 

 distant day when future students of nature, looking 

 back, shall seethe head of Louis Agassiz standing 

 alone and majestic against an unoccupied back- 

 ground of American Science. 



A RAINY DAY AT PENIKESE. 



THE SCHOOL AT ITS WORK. 



AN ENFORCED STAY ON THE ISLAND THE STUDENTS 

 AND PROFESSORS AND THEIR METHODS OF WORK 

 STUDIES WITHOUT HOOKS A THEOLOGICAL DIS- 

 CUSSION AGASSIZ'S DISBELIEF IN DARWIN, AND 

 DARWIN'S RETALIATION. 



The Anderson School of Natural History at Peni- 

 kese. was famous from its start. The fact that a 

 seaside laboratory devoted to the study of living 

 forms was to be founded, proved in itself sufficient 

 to awaken a widespread interest, for no similar ex- 

 periment had ever been attempted; and when in ad- 

 dition to this the friends of education were informed 

 that the directorship had been intrusted tooac of the 

 most famous zoologists of his time, its success waa 

 assured. Prof. Acassiz entered into his work with 

 his usual enthusiasm. He was ably assisted by Count 

 Pourtales of the U. S. Coast Survey, Dr. J. S. Pack- 

 ard of tho Pcabody Institute. Prof. Bart G. Wilder 

 of Cornell University, Mr. Waterhouse Hawkins of 

 Svdenhaui Palace fame, Mr. Bickuall the micro- 

 scopist, and others. 



In a little ravine between the two hills the island 

 of Penikese can boast is the qnor.dam Summer resi- 

 dence ot Mr. John Anderson, which served as the 

 private quarters of Prof. Airassi/, and his assistants. 

 It ia an unpretending structure of frame, with a 

 pretty lawn sloping to the east, ornamented with a 

 little group in iron of a boy and swan. Behind the 

 house stands tho barn, used last Summer as a din- 

 ing-hall, and near by are the laboratories. These 

 arc two barrack-like structures, united at their mid- 

 way by a third much shorter one. It is in the de- 

 sign to use both of the main bitildiuirs fur laborato- 

 ries and dormitories, reserving tho smaller one as a 

 lecture-room. At the time of my visit, last Summer, 

 but one of the buildings was in use. 

 I shall endeavor to describe the scene just as it wa* 



