CONTENTS 



THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY 



I. MY ANCESTORS AND PARENTS . . * v . . 3 

 IE. RECOLLECTIONS or CHILDHOOD . . * ^ ,'...' 26 



III. MY DESULTORY EDUCATION . , * . i . . 49 



IV. FIRST VISITS FROM HOME . .... . V . 66 

 V. SOME KENTUCKY MAGNATES . . '..-' . . . 71 



VI. POLITICAL CLOUDS GATHER 82 



VII. I BECOME AGASSIZ'S PUPIL AT HARVARD .... 90 



VIII. SOME COLLEGE COMPANIONS , . . . .118 



IX. CRUISING AND CAMPING . . . . . . 130 



X. AN EXPEDITION TO THE GULP OF ST. LAWRENCE . . 139 

 XI. ANTICOSTI AND LABRADOR . . . . . . . 150 



XII. THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . . . . .170 



XIII. MY LAST YEAR AT HARVARD 179 



XIV. CAMBRIDGE AND BOSTON CELEBRITIES .. . . . 193 

 XV. OFF TO THE WAR ; . . . . . .207 



THE MEMOIR 



FOREWORD. 1859-1862 ... * . . .215 



XVI. THE WAR. 1862-1867 . ' .219 



XVII. WALKS AND TALKS ABROAD. 1866-1868 .... 228 

 XVIII. TEACHING AND EXPLORING. 1869-1873 .... 247 



XIX. ENGLAND. 1872-1873 . ; 255 



XX. FIELD WORK. 1873-1879 . ..... 270 



