CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 1846 : ^T. 39. 



Arrival at Boston. Previous Correspondence with 

 Charles Lyell and Mr. John A. Lowell concerning 

 Lectures at the Lowell Institute. Relations with 

 Mr. Lowell. First Course of Lectures. Character 

 of Audience. Home Letter giving an Account of 

 his first Journey in the United States. Impressions 

 of Scientific Men, Scientific Institutions and Collec- 

 tions .......... 401 



CHAPTER XIV. 



1846 - 1847 : ^T. 39 - 40. 



Course of Lectures in Boston on Glaciers. Corre- 

 spondence with Scientific Friends in Europe. 

 House in East Boston. Household and Housekeep- 

 ing. Illness. Letter to Elie de Beaumont. 

 Geology and Glacial Remains ..... 430 



CHAPTER XV. 



1847 -i850: ^T. 40-43. 



Excursions on Coast Survey Steamer. Relations with 

 Dr. Bache, the Superintendent of the Coast Survey. 

 Political Disturbances in Switzerland. Change 

 of Relations with Prussia. Scientific School estab- 

 lished in Cambridge. Chair of Natural History 



