INDEX 



Adams, Charles Francis, 268, 273, 

 274. 



Agassiz, Alexander, 30, 37, 38, 45, 

 46, 56, 64, 93 8., 171 ff., 175, 177, 

 178, 182, 185, 331, 372, 381, 387, 

 389, 396, 397. 



Agassiz, Annie Russell, 64, 171, 172. 



Agassiz, Cecile Braun, 30, 32, 37, 58. 



AGASSIZ, ELIZABETH CARY (MRS. 

 Louis AGASSIZ), ancestry and in- 

 heritance, 1 ff.; birth, 9; child- 

 hood in Brattleboro and New 

 York, 9; life in Temple Place, 

 Boston, 9 ff.; brothers and sis- 

 ters, 10; life at Nahant, 15, 16, 

 39, 172, 183, 277 ff., 367 ff ., 388; 

 early education, 17; personal 

 appearance, 17, 25, 35, 50, 218, 

 267, 401 ; her only misdemeanor, 

 18; girlhood, 18 ff., 30, 35; let- 

 ters written in girlhood, 19 ff.; at 

 a dance, 24, 25; in The Waterman, 

 26; letters from New York, 28, 

 29; first impressions of Louis 

 Agassiz, 30, 31; meeting with 

 Agassiz, 34; her life compared 

 with that of Agassiz, 35, 165, 

 171; marriage to Agassiz, 35; life 

 in Oxford Street, Cambridge, 

 35 ff . ; in Charleston, 40 ff . ; letter 

 from Charleston, 41; on Sulli- 

 van's Island, 41 ff., 392; letter 

 from Sullivan's Island, 42 ff.; 

 letter from Washington, 44; ruse 

 about a lost watch, 44; home in 

 Quincy Street, 45, 172; part in 

 the Agassiz School, 45, 46, 48 ff., 

 399 ff.; attitude toward the 

 School, 66, 104, 105; notes on 

 Agassiz's lectures in the School, 

 49, 400; assistance of Agassiz in 

 his scientific work, 49, 51, 56 ff., 

 66, 69, 71, 81, 96, 113, 114, 118, 

 119 (see also below, Writings, A 



Journey in Brazil) ; on the fiftieth 

 birthday of Agassiz, 54; interest 

 in the Agassiz Museum, 56 ff., 

 92 ff., 372, 380, 381; summer in 

 Europe, 58 ff . ; first visit to Mon- 

 tagny and Lausanne, 59 ff.; let- 

 ter from Lausanne, 59 ff.; letter 

 from Montagny, 62; her father's 

 death, 63; resemblance to her 

 father, 8, 63; style in scientific 

 writings, 64, 107, 110; journey in 

 Brazil, 68 ff.; records of, 69, 71, 

 96 (see also below, Writings, A 

 Journey in Brazil) ; dance at an 

 Indian lodge, 69; intercourse 

 with the Imperial family, 70, 73, 

 74, 78 ff., 102, 124, 177 ff.; letter 

 from the Colorado, 71, 72; study 

 of Portuguese, 72; letters from 

 Rio de Janeiro, 72 ff., 101, 102; 

 ascent of Corcovado Peak, 75 ff . ; 

 at lectures of Agassiz, Rio de 

 Janeiro, 82 ff., 102; views on 

 Brazilian women, 83, 89, 91, 92, 

 100; letter from Monte Alegre, 

 85 ff.; letters from Manaos, 88, 

 89, 93 ff . ; letter from the Ibicuhy, 

 91, 92; tribute to, from the la- 

 dies of Manaos, 91, 92 ; letter from 

 Para, 95, 96; retrospect of Bra- 

 zilian journey, 95, 96, 101 ; letter 

 from Ceara, 96, 97; letter from 

 Pacatuba, 97 ff.; ride to Paca- 

 tuba, 97 ff . ; return to Cambridge, 

 103; visit to Washington, 110, 

 111; teas in Cambridge, 111, 

 112; summer in an absence of 

 Agassiz, 112, 113; interest in the 

 Humboldt celebration, 114; care 

 of Agassiz in his illness, 115; at 

 Deerfield, 115; letter from Deer- 

 field, 115 ff.; on the Hassler ex- 

 pedition, 118 ff. (see also Hassler 

 Expedition) ; record of the expedi- 



