x PEEFACE 



Cambridge stands Ms Museum; at twenty 

 places on our coasts are the summer schools 

 which have succeeded to his Penikese ; and 

 in the American world is the transmitted 

 enthusiasm which passes from teacher to 

 scholar, the fire that may light up a whole 

 generation which has forgotten the source 

 where it was Jcindled. Agassiz himself lies 

 buried in Mount Auburn ; and, if another 

 legacy may yet be named, his children have 

 been left to Massachusetts, and not to 

 Switzerland, as Boston and America have 

 grateful cause to Jcnow. 



In order to avoid foot-notes on a small 

 page, many quotations scattered through this 

 volume have been left without any indication 

 of their source. Nine-tenths of them are 

 from Mrs. Agassiz' s Life of her husband. 

 A very liberal use (by permission) has been 

 made of Mrs. Agassiz'* admirable look and 

 easy translations. The present writer's 

 thanks to Mrs. Agassiz, who has moreover 

 read the narrative portions of this book 

 in proof, are very gratefully recorded. 



