CONTENTS 



I. Descent and Boyhood 1 



II. First Years in America .... 14 



III. The Museum becomes his Headquarters . . 28 



IV. The Calumet and Hecla Mine ... 53 

 V. The Revision of the Echini . . . .91 



VI. Lake Titicaca 124 



VII. The Newport Laboratory 151 



VIII. Three Cruises of the Blake . . . 165 



IX. Mexico and India 191 



X. More Wanderings and Work . . . 213 



XL The First Albatross Expedition . . . 243 



XII. Coral Reefs 269 



XIII. The Bahamas and Bermudas .... 288 



XIV. The Great Barrier Reef .... 310 

 XV. The Fijis 322 



XVI. The Tropical Pacific 345 



XVII. The Maldives 380 



XVIII. Later Years 397 



XIX. Eastern Pacific Expedition .... 419 



Index 449 



