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land, visiting classic geological lo- 

 calities, 265-266; in various old 

 English places, 266-269; field 

 work, 1873-1879, 270-299 ; ap- 

 pointed director of the Kentucky 

 Geological Survey, 271 ; Camp Har- 

 vard, summer school at Cumberland 

 Gap, 273, 274-275; progress of the 

 survey, 275-278; letters written 

 during this work, 278-282, 284- 

 288, 289-296; on Coast Survey 

 work in New England, 282-284; 

 in Colorado, 297; constantly pro- 

 moting the interests of the Mu- 

 seum of Comparative Zoology, 297- 

 298 ; third visit to Europe, 1881-82, 

 299-325; in Florence, 299; long 

 tramps for the exploration of Ital- 

 ian geological localities, 300; re- 

 cord of, from notes kept while in 

 Italy, 302-321 ; again in Paris and 

 in England, 322-324; relations 

 with Gordon McKay, 327-328; 

 urged to head the United States 

 Geological Survey, 328; researches 

 on the Florida coast, 321; mine 

 prospecting and other experiences, 

 1881-1891, 334-347; as a mining 

 expert, 334-340 ; writing a poem in 

 the intervals of his taxing profes- 

 sional work, 339; remarkable out- 

 put of literary work and scientific 

 reports, 342-343; homes in Cam- 

 bridge, 344-346; country living, 

 348-360; on Martha's Vineyard, 

 348, 351, 356; life at "Seven 

 Gates," his "Farm" there, 349, 

 351-359; his love of landscape, 

 355-356 ; as the teacher, 1864-1905, 

 361-385; social life of the Cam- 

 bridge of the Eighteen-seventies, 

 363 ; lofty view of the teacher's vo- 

 cation, 364-365 ; his lecture-notes, 

 365-366 ; geological excursions with 

 his students, 368-369 ; establishing 

 the Harvard Summer School, 369, 

 372 ; concerned in the founding of 

 Radcliffe College, 373; relations 



with his students, 375-378, 382- 

 385; the "University Teas," 379; 

 the Sunday evening students' recep- 

 tions at the Shalers' house, 379- 

 382; administrative work, 1891- 

 1903, 386-401; appointed dean of 

 the Lawrence Scientific School, 

 1891, 386; large development of it 

 under his direction, 387; his atti- 

 tude upon the McKay bequest and 

 the "merger" project, 387-390; 

 his active part in faculty meetings, 

 392-396; work on Massachusetts 

 State boards, 396-397; hard work 

 and long journeys, 397-398 ; Low- 

 ell Institute lectures, 401; last 

 years, 1904-1905, 402-412 ; a "sab- 

 batical" abroad, 402; in Egypt, 

 Greece, Sicily, Italy, 402-407; at 

 home again and his duties re- 

 sumed, 408 ; closing of his life, 409- 

 410; death and burial, 411; per- 

 sonal characteristics, 412-423 ; na- 

 ture and variety of his literary 

 work, 424-442; his dramatic ro- 

 mance, "Elizabeth of England," 

 439-443; his last volume, "From 

 Old Fields," 443; appreciative 

 tributes, 443-445. 



Shaler, Sophia Penn Page, 55 n., 218 

 n. ; letters to, quoted, 220 n., 225, 

 443-444, 445 ; 227, 242 ; journal of, 

 quoted, 261-263, 264-265, 266- 

 269; 272, 287, 391, 445. 



Shaler, William, 5; story of, 5-7; 

 early master of his own ship in 

 foreign trade, 5; involved in 

 the French Revolution, 5 ; voyage 

 about the world with the "mer- 

 chant-navigator" Cleveland, 5; ad- 

 ventures in South America, 5; in 

 government employment, 6 ; United 

 States consul at Algiers, 6; aids 

 the French in the expedition against 

 Algiers, 7; consul at Havana, 7; 

 death there, 7 ; his personality, 8-9 ; 

 his library in the Boston Public 

 Library, 10; 12, 24, 193, 199. 



