CONTENTS. 



SECTION I. 



FROM 1806 TO 1827. 



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Place of Birth Voyage to England Family Schools and School 

 Days Early Religious Teaching Trinity College, Cam- 

 bridge Reading and Study Mother's Anxiety Teachers 

 College Friends Choice of Profession Degree Lincoln's 

 Inn 1-18 



SECTION II. 



FROM 1827 TO 1831. 



William Frend Religious Discussions Stoke Newington Can- 

 didature for Professorship University in London Its 

 Foundation Its Principle Opening of Classes Introductory 

 Lecture Disagreements between Professors and Council 

 Paris Colonel Briggs East India Service Dr. Briggs' 

 Ghost Story Opening of Session Differences renewed 

 Letter of Remonstrance Resignation of Chair . . 19-40 



SECTION III. 

 FROM 1831 TO 1836. 



Residence in Guilford Street Astronomical Society Efforts 

 to raise Astronomy Baily Herschel Airy De Morgan 

 elected Hon. Secretary Astronomical Society's Charter 

 Captain Smyth Sir James South Friendships in Astro- 

 nomical Society Mr. Baily 's House Sir James South's 

 Quarrels Nautical Almanac Standard Scale ' Elements of 

 Arithmetic ' Charles Butler Archdeacon Thorp Book- 

 collecting Hachette Amicable Assurance Company 

 Troughton v. South Challenges Maps of the Stars Return 



to Mathematical Chair 41-74 



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