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INDEX. 



the Museum, 87; his assistants, 88; ' 

 plans of organization, 88 ; new series 

 of pupils, 88 ; his ambition to found 

 a great museum, 91; money difficul- 

 ties, 92 ; lecturer at the Museum, 97 ; 

 as a lecturer, 98 ; revolt among his 

 assistants, 99 ; overwork, 101 ; the 

 Darwinian theory, 106 ; debates with 

 Gray and Rogers, 108; his oppo- 

 nents criticise his work, 109 ; Wy- 

 man's opinion of him, in; his 

 relations with Cuvier, 112; influ- 

 enced only by facts, 114; descent 

 of species, 122; "Saturday Club" 

 summer expedition, 129 ; shooting 

 at a mark, 130; as a story-teller, 

 131 ; friendship with James Russell 

 Lowell, 132 ; at the Ticknors', 133 ; 

 friendship for Dr. and Mrs. Howe, 

 133 ; friendship with Charles Sumner, 

 134 ; sends collection of marine ani- 

 mals to France, 134; receives the 

 cross of officer of Legion of Honour, 

 135 ; walks with M. Souchard, 135 ; 

 svar, hindrance to the prosperity of 

 Museum, 136; assistants enlist in the 

 army, 136; lecturing tour in the 

 West, 138 ; grant for publication of 

 Museum catalogue, 139 ; purchases 

 collection of fossil crinoids, 140; visit 

 to Dr. Engelmann, 140; summer 

 at Nahant, 141 ; the title Agas- 

 siz's Museum, 142 ; excursion into 

 Maine, 142; visit to Brazil, 144; ar- 

 rives at Rio Janeiro, 145 ; kindness 

 of the Emperor of Brazil, 146; lect- 

 ures at Rio Janeiro, 146; his com- 

 panion and friend Major Coutinho, 

 147 ; the exploration of the Amazons, 

 148-150; at Para, 151; at Ceara, 

 151 ; returns to Rio Janeiro, 152 ; 

 lectures again at Rio Janeiro, 152; 

 Journey to Brazil, a disappointment, 

 153; Brazilian journey, 154; letter 

 to Sir Philip Egerton, 155 ; receives 

 the Copley medal, 156; takes out 

 his naturalization papers, 156; foun- 

 dation of the National Academy of 

 Sciences, 157; his assistants, 159; 

 death of his mother, 161 ; letters to 

 Jules Murcou, 163; Principles of 7.0- 



ology translated into French, 164; 

 signs of failing health, 165; journey 

 to Rocky Mountains, 107 ; avei 

 to riding horseback, 168 ; non-resi- 

 dent professor at Cornell, 168 ; com- 

 pliments from Englishmen of scii IKC, 

 169; as a judge of character, 170; 

 second cruise in the Bibb, 174 ; ad- 

 dress at the Humboldt Centennial, 

 175; an apoplectic attack, 17 

 Deerfield, 178; health imp:' 

 I 79> sympathy with France, 179; 

 voyage in the Hassler, 182 ; the //,; > >- 

 ler sails from Boston, 183; the- ma- 

 chinery of the Hassler breaks down, 

 184; meets old friends at San; 

 188 ; at the Galapagos Islands, 190; 

 sickness, 190 ; at San Francisco, 191 ; 

 extract from last report of the Mu- 

 seum, 196; his success in obtaining 

 appropriations, 198; gift of 1 

 kese Island from Mr. Anderson, 201 ; 

 letter to Mr. John Anderson, 202; 

 visit to the island, 203; poem by 

 Whittier, The Prayer of A^ 

 203; course of lectures at Pen 

 206 ; mountains for rest, 207 ; gift of 

 the yacht Sprite, 207 ; dictates to 

 Mrs. Agassiz Evolution and Perma- 

 nence of Type, 208 ; loss of \ 

 208; last scientific letters of, 211; 

 receives an arm of gigantic squid, 

 211 ; delivers his last course ot 

 ures, 213; his last illness, 213; his 

 fear of softening of the brain, 214; 

 "Tout est fini," 214; his last v. 

 " Le jeu est fini," 215; death, 215; 

 his funeral, 215; boulder from A.ir 

 as a monument, 216; physical and 

 moral characteristics, 217 ; his habit 

 of dressing, 219; as a pedestrian, 

 220; his religion, 220; in society, 

 221; his generosity, 223; his \ 

 tility, 224 ; his passion for . 

 and organizing museums, z 

 dote of his persistency in obtaining 

 rare specimens, 227; lack of unity 

 of plan, 227; resemblance to Cuvier, 

 230. 



Agassiz, Mrs. (Elizabeth Gary), her 

 husband's "guaidian angel," ii. 35; 



