CONTENTS. 



THE HISTORY OF MY YOUTH. 



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An Autobiography of Francis Arago 1 



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I BAILLY. 



Introduction 91 



Infancy of Bailly. His Youth. His Literary Essays. 

 His Mathematical Studies 93 



Bailly becomes the Pupil of Lacaille. He is associated 

 with him in his Astronomical Labours 97 



Bailly a Member of the Academy of Sciences. His Re- 

 searches on Jupiter's Satellites 103 



Bailly's Literary Works. His Biographies of Charles V. 

 of Leibnitz of Peter Corneille of Moliere 106 



Debates relative to the Post of Perpetual Secretary of 

 the Academy of Sciences 110 



History of Astronomy. Letters on the Atlantis of Plato 

 and on the Ancient History of Asia 114 



First Interview of Bailly with Franklin. His Entrance 

 into, the French Academy in 1783. His Reception. 

 Discourse. His Rupture with Buffon 121 



