Contents. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Literary Wo r k . 



Open-air Preparation for Literary Worlv — Dictation to 

 Amanuensis— Personal Recollections of Dr. Sum- 

 mers, and of Dr. John G. Morris— Literary Club- 

 Adventures of a Club-night — L"^nitv of the Human 

 Race '. 805 



CHAPTER XX. 



Scientific Labors. 



An Examination of the Characteristics of Genera and 

 Species — An Examination of Prof. Agassiz' "Natu- 

 ral Provinces" — Humboldt's Letter Destroyed — 

 Letter from Henry B. Schoolcraft, Indian Commis- 

 sioner 317 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Defence of Luther. 



Personal Recollections, by Dr. Summers— Defence of 

 Luther and the Reformation — Lines on a fly- 

 Leaf, bv John L. Girardeau, D. D.— Natural Historv 

 for Children— Hobbies— Snuff. !. 329 



CHAPTER XXn. 



A Visit to Florida. 



Scientific and Pastoral Work— In the Home— The 

 Mirabilis — His Amanuensis— Anxious Hours — A 

 Successful Hunt— Visit to Florida 341 



CHAPTER XXHI. 



Work for the Church. 



At Sixty-eight Vigorous and Hopeful— Even Tenor of 

 Life Broken by Death of a Beloved Daughter— Ser- 

 mon on Forty-third Anniversar;^ of Ministry in 

 Charleston — As Preacher and Pastor — Progressive 

 Spirit — Southern Book of Worship — A Common 

 Service— Lutheranism Sturdy and Uncompromis- 

 ing— Newberry College— Drs. Stork and Brown 353 



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