CONTENTS. vii 



CHATTER XIX. 



1858-1864 (continued'). 



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" The Philosophers' Camp " in the Adiromlacks The Saturday Club 

 Death of Professor Cornelius C. Felton Social Relations with 

 Mr. George Ticknor and Mrs. Julia Ward Howe Acclimatization 

 of American Marine Animals on the Coast of France Enlistment 

 in the Army of Several of Agassiz's Pupils A Grant of Ten 

 Thousand Dollars by the Legislature of Massachusetts in 1863 

 Lecturing Tour in the West during the Winter of 1863-1864 

 Collections of Fossil Crinoids at Burlington, Iowa Dr. George 

 Engelmann of St. Louis The Title of his Museum Glacial Ex- 

 ploration in Maine 129 



CHAPTER XX. 



1865-1867. 



Journey to Brazil His Companions on the Journey Burkhardt's 

 Illness and Death Agassiz's Reception by the Emperor Major 

 Coutinho Explorations on the Amazons River Two Steamers 

 placed at the Disposition of Agassiz Traces of Glacial Phenomena 

 in the Province of Ceara Results of the Journey The Copley 

 Medal Agassiz's Naturalization as an American Citizen The 

 National Academy of Sciences Dr. Brown-Sequard Another 

 Series of Pupils and Assistants Death of Mrs. Rose Agassiz, 

 nee Mayor ........ . 144 



CHAPTER XXI. 

 1868-1870. 



Three Letters to Jules Marcou Short Journey to the Rocky Moun- 

 tains Story of the First Discovery of the Great Fossil Vertebrate 

 Locality near Fort Bridger Cornell University Opinions of 

 Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, and J. Tyndall on Agassiz's 

 Great Worth His Lack of Judgment in choosing his Associates 

 Additional Building at the Museum The Result of its First Ten 

 Years Deep-Sea Dredging on the Steamer "Bibb" -The 

 " Pourtales Plateau" The Centennial Anniversary of the Birth 

 of Alexander von Humboldt An Apoplectic Attack A Long 

 Convalescence The Franco-German War ..... 163 



