CHAPTER XXI. 



VISIT TO EUROPE: SECOND MARRIAGE: RETIREMENT FROM 

 t OFFICE. 



His Second Visit to Europe. His Reception and hi$ Travels. Letters 

 from Humboldt and Carl Ritter. Letter from President Day. Hia 

 Second Marriage. Letters to Dr. John Griscom. Death of Professor 

 Stuart. Death of Professor Kingsley. His Renewal of his Resigna- 

 tion. Interview with Daniel Webster. Death of Dr. Mantell. Pro- 

 ceedings connected with his Retirement from Office. His Reflections 

 on this Event. 



AN event of signal interest, in this period of Pro- 

 fessor Silliman's life, was a second visit to Europe, 

 which he accomplished in 1851. His companions in 

 travel were his son, Professor Silliman, Jr., with his 

 wife and her sister, a young uncle of these ladies, 

 a grandson of the elder Professor, Mr. Walter S. 

 Church, and Professor George J. Brush. Landing 

 at Liverpool, the same port where he had disem- 

 barked nearly half a century before, he had the pleas- 

 ure of greeting once more Mr. John Taylor, whose 

 acquaintance he had formed in the earlier tour, and 

 with whom he had been for some time in friendly 

 correspondence. Arriving in London, he was warmly 

 welcomed by Dr. Mantell. They had never before 

 met, although an intimate friendship had grown up 

 between them through a correspondence which had 

 been continued for many years. At a meeting of 

 the Geological Society, he received marks of cordial 



