CONTENTS OF VOL, I. ix 



CHAPTER Vn. 



1832-1834: ^t. 25-27. 



Enters upon his Professorship at Neuchatel. — First 

 Lecture. — Success as a Teacher. — Love of Teach- 

 ing. — Influence upon the Scientific Life of Neuchd- 

 tel. — Proposal from University of Heidelberg. — 

 Proposal declined. — Threatened Blindness. — Cor- 

 respondence with Humboldt. — Marriage. — Invita- 

 tion from Charpentier. — Invitation to visit England. 



— Wollaston Prize. — First Number of " Poissons 

 Fossiles." — Review of the Work .... 206 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 1834-1837: .et. 27-30. 



First Visit to England. — Reception by Scientific Men. 



— Work on Fossil Fishes there. — Liberality of Eng- 

 lish Naturalists. — First Relations with American 

 Science. — Farther Correspondence with Humboldt. 



— Second Visit to England. — Continuation of " Fos- 

 sil Fishes." — Other Scientific Publications. — Atten- 

 tion drawn to Glacial Phenomena. — Summer at Bex 

 with Charpentier. — Sale of Original Drawings for 

 " Fossil Fishes." — Meeting of Helvetic Society. — 

 Address on Ice-Period. — Letters from Humboldt 



and Von Buch 248 



CHAPTER IX. 

 1837-1839: ^T. 30-32. 



Invitation to Professorships at Geneva and Lausanne. 



— Death of his Father. — Establishment of Litho- 

 graphic Press at Neuchatel. — Researches upon 

 Structure of MoUusks. — Internal Casts of Shells. — 

 Glacial Explorations. — Views of Buckland. — Rela- 



