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much a man of the world to write so rudely, in answer to a very 

 flattering and honourable proposal. 



At the end of the volume, Mr. Holder gives a " Bibliography of 

 Louis Agassiz," extremely confused, and too often erroneous, repeat- 

 ing papers, and even volumes, and passing over some of Agassi/.'s 

 most important contributions. Per contra, he attributes to Louis 

 Agassiz a book entitled, "A Journey to Switzerland," with which 

 he had absolutely nothing to do. 



3. BOOKS AND PAPERS CONTAINING IMPORTANT FACTS OR ORIG- 

 INAL VIEWS OF THE VALUE OF AGASSIZ'S LIFE. 



1852. Trial of the action of Edward Desor, Plff. versus Chas. 

 H. Davis, Deft, before the Circuit Court of the United States, for 

 the district of Massachusetts ; for breach of contract to write a 

 book on the geological effects of the Tidal Currents of the Ocean. 

 Tried before His Honor Peleg Sprague. Boston, 1852, 67 pages. 

 In the Appendix, at p. 53, are the "Award between Edward Desor 

 and Louis Agassiz," and several important letters of Admiral Davis, 

 relating to Agassiz. 



1857. The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz, by Henry Wadsworth 

 Longfellow. Poem. Reprinted in "Louis Agassiz, his Life and 

 Correspondence," edited by E. C. Agassiz, Vol. II., pp. 544-545 ; 

 and also in the present work. 



1863. A Claim for Scientific Property, by Henry James Clark. 

 3 pages. Cambridge. July, 1863. Distributed widely among savants 

 and libraries. It is a one-sided view of claims in regard to certain 

 portions of the "Contributions to the Natural History of the United 

 States," by Louis Agassiz. 



1868. Farewell to Agassiz. Poem by O. W. Holmes, in the 

 "Atlantic Monthly," Vol. XVI., pp. 584-585. Boston, November, 

 1865. Written on the occasion of his departure for a journey in 

 Brazil. 



1873. Addresses and Proceedings at the Agassiz Mem or in 1 

 Meeting at San Francisco, in "Proceedings California Ar.idi.-my of 

 Sciences," Vol. V., pp. 220-243, December, 1873. Reprinted in 



