iv CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



offered to Agassiz. — Acceptance. — Removal to 

 Cambridge. — Literary and Scientific Associations 

 there and in Boston. — Household in Cambridge. — 

 Beginning of Museum. — Journey to Lake Supe- 

 rior. — "Report, with Narration." — "Principles of 

 Zoology," by Agassiz and Gould. — Letters from 

 European Friends respecting these Publications. — 

 Letter from Hugh Miller. — Second Marriage. — 

 Arrival of his Children in America .... 454 



CHAPTER XVI. 



1850-1852: iET. 43-45. 



Proposition from Dr. Bache. — Exploration of Florida 

 Reefs. — Letter to Humboldt concerning Work in 

 America. — Appointment to Professorship of Med- 

 ical College in Charleston, S. C. — Life at the South. 

 — Views concerning Races of Men. — Prix Cuvier . 480 



CHAPTER XVII. 

 1852-1855: ^t. 45-48. 

 Return to Cambridge. — Anxiety about Collections. — 

 Purchase of Collections. — Second Winter in Charles- 

 ton. — Illness. — Letter to James D. Dana concern- 

 ing Geographical Distribution and Geological Suc- 

 cession of Animals. — Resignation of Charleston 

 Professorship. — Propositions from Zurich. — Letter 

 from Oswald Heer. — Decision to remain in Cam- 

 bridge. — Letters to James D. Dana, S. S. Halde- 

 man, and Others respecting Collections illustrative 

 of the Distribution of Fishes, Shells, etc., in Our 

 Rivers. — Establishment of School for Girls . . 506 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 .,j 1855-1860: ^et. 48-53. 



"Contributions to Natural History of the United 

 States." — Remarkable Subscription. — Review of 



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