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 



XVI L 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 



