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INDEX. 



230; invited to England, 232; 

 receives Wollaston prize, 235; 

 views on classification and de- 

 velopment, 239, 245; difficulties 

 in the work on "Fossil Fishes," 

 246, 257; first visit to England, 

 248 ; material for " Fossil 

 Fishes," 250; return to Neu- 

 chatel, 251; first relations with 

 New England, 252 ; second visit 

 to England, 259; various works, 

 259 ; receives Wollaston medal, 

 260; first glacial work, 260; sale 

 of original drawings of " Fossil 

 Fishes," 262; on the Jura, 262; 

 "glacial theorv" announced, 

 263; opposition,' 264, 268; invi- 

 tation to Geneva, 276; to Lau- 

 sanne, 280; death of his father, 

 280; lithographical press, 281, 

 284; variety of work, 282; re- 

 searches on moUusks, 283, 285; 

 chromolithographs, 282, 286 ; 

 elected into Roval Societv, 286 ; 

 new glacial work, 287, 293, 295 ; 

 first English letter, 289; "Etudes 

 sur les Glaciers," 296; on the 

 glacier of the Aar, 298, 317, 319, 

 350, 355, 357, 364, 396; "Hotel 

 des Neuchatelois," 298, 318, 332, 

 350; work, 301; ascent of the 

 Strahleck, 302; of the Siedel- 

 horn, 306; second visit to Eng- 

 land, 306; in the Highlands, 

 306 ; in Ireland, 310 ; researches 

 in the interior of glacier, 321; 

 ascent of the Ewigschneehorn, 

 323; of the Jungfrau, 323-330 ; 

 on the Vescher, 325 ; the chalet 

 of Meril, 325; the Aletsch, 326; 

 the Col of Rotthal, 327; the 

 peak, 329; the descent, 330, 

 331; zoological work, 333; va- 

 rious publications, 333; unity in 

 work, 336 ; on glaciers, 337-347; 

 "Fossil Fishes," 348; gifts from 

 the king of Prussia, 349, 379; 

 plans for visiting the United 

 States, 355, 377; microscopic 

 study of fossil fishes, 359; criti- 

 cal point, 361; publishes "Fossil 

 Fishes," 366; not an evolution- 

 ist, 371 ; belief in a Creator, 372, 

 390, 396; fish skeletons, 374; 

 plan of creation, 388-396; last 

 visit to glacier, 397; receives 

 Monthyon prize, 398; publishes 



" Syst^me Glaciaire," 398; sails 

 for America, 400 ; arrives in 

 Boston, 401 ; lectures, 402, 403, 

 444; their success, 404, 406, 431, 

 444; visit to New Haven, 408, 

 409, 413 ; impressions, 409, 432, 

 434; American hospitality, 410; 

 Mercantile Librarv Association, 

 411 ; New York, 415, 425 ; 

 Princeton, 415 ; Philadelphia, 

 416; American scientific men, 

 419, 436; Hudson River, 426; 

 West Point, 426; Albany, 427; 

 lectures on glaciers, 430; Amer- 

 ican forests, 439 ; erratic phe- 

 nomena, 439; medusae and po- 

 lyps, 440 ; plans for travel, 441 ; 

 at East Boston, 442; first birth- 

 dav in America, 445; on the 

 "Bibb," 453; first dredging, 

 455 ; leaves Prussian service, 

 456 ; professor at Harvard, 457 ; 

 removes to Cambridge, 457 ; 

 death of his wife, 461; begins 

 a collection, 462 ; excursion to 

 Lake Superior, 463, 466; "Prin- 

 ciples of Zoology" published, 

 466; second marriage, 477; ar- 

 rival of his children, 478 ; ex- 

 amination of Florida reefs, 480- 

 487; radiates, 488-490; professor 

 at Charleston, S. C, 491; lab- 

 oratory on Sullivan's Island, 

 492 ; the " Hollow Tree," 495- 

 497 ; origin of human race, 497- 

 504; receives the "Prix Cu- 

 vier," 505 ; lectures at Smith- 

 sonian Institution ; made regent 

 of, 506 ; growth of collections, 

 507; their sale, 508; illness at 

 Charleston, 508; relation of liv- 

 ing to fossil animals, 510 ; return 

 to the north, 512; invitation to 

 Zurich, 513, and refusal, 517; 

 circular on collecting fishes, 518, 

 and response, 519 ; new house in 

 Cambridge, 523 ; manner of 

 study, 524 ; weekly meetings, 

 525 ; renewed lectures, 525 ; 

 school for young ladies opened, 

 526, and success, 527 ; courses 

 of lectures, 529 ; close, 530 ; 

 " Contributions to the Natural 

 History of the United States " 

 projected, 533; concluded. 542, 

 508", 580; fiftieth birthday, 542; 

 laboratory at Nahant, 648, 678, 



