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 



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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. 



1847-1850: ^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 



