CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD i 



II. YOUTH AND EDUCATION 19 



III. YEARS OF BLINDNESS 35 



IV. YEARS OF BLINDNESS (continued). THE CLASS-BOOK OF 



CHEMISTRY 56 



V. THE SCIENTIFIC LECTURER 71 



VI. HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE 92 



VII. FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH HERBERT SPENCER . . 102 

 VIII. MARRIAGE AND FIRST VISIT TO ENGLAND . . .116 



IX. THE APOSTLE OF EVOLUTION 141 



X. SECOND AND THIRD VISITS TO ENGLAND . . . .185 

 XI. POPULAR EDUCATION, AND OTHER MATTERS . . . 221 



XII. APPLETONS' JOURNAL 255 



XIII. THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SERIES .... 266 



XIV. THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 295 



XV. VARIOUS AFFAIRS 317 



XVI. WINTER IN THE RIVIERA 345 



XVII. LAST YEARS 366 



SELECT WRITINGS. 



I. MENTAL DISCIPLINE IN EDUCATION 399 



II. ON THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HUMAN NATURE . .451 



III. WHAT WE MEAN BY SCIENCE 486 



IV. THE RELIGIOUS WORK OF SCIENCE 491 



V. HERBERT SPENCER AND THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION . 502 



