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colleges, the arrangements for seeing the Swiss fam- 

 ily, these all lie behind me, and we are here to await 

 the steamer and attend to various practical matters. 



On October 18 Mrs. Agassiz sailed for New York from 

 Cherbourg. The record in her diary for October 26th tells 

 of a contented home-coming to Quincy Street. "Left New 

 York at 12 o'clock. Sallie and Carrie to meet me at the sta- 

 tion. Drove home and had time to dress and arrange flow- 

 ers before Alex, Rodolphe, and Max came. A delightful 

 evening with Alex alone the boys at a college dinner. 

 Coming up to my room at the end of the evening, found 

 the E. C. Agassiz scholarship. It was the crowning joy of 

 my return." This scholarship came in the form of a gift of 

 $6150 to Mrs. Agassiz from friends who desired to show 

 their sense of what she had done for Radcliffe and for 

 women; the money was given without restriction except 

 that the scholarship should bear the name of Elizabeth 

 Cary Agassiz. 



