x ii CONTENTS. 



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: ,ET. 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. 

 1855-1860: MT. 48-53. 



u Contributions to Natural History of the United 

 States." Remarkable Subscription. Review of 



