CONTENTS 



I. Descent and Boyhood 1 



II. First Years in America .... 14 



III. The Museum becomes his Headquarters . . 28 



IV. The Calumet and Hecla Mine ... 53 

 V. The Revision of the Echini . . . .91 



VI. Lake Titicaca 124 



VII. The Newport Laboratory 151 



VIII. Three Cruises of the Blake . . . 165 



IX. Mexico and India 191 



X. More Wanderings and Work . . . 213 



XL The First Albatross Expedition . . . 243 



XII. Coral Reefs 269 



XIII. The Bahamas and Bermudas . . . . 288 



XIV. The Great Barrier Reef . . . . 310 

 XV. The Fijis 322 



XVI. The Tropical Pacific 345 



XVII. The Maldives 380 



XVni. Later Years 397 



XIX. Eastern Pacific Expedition .... 419 



Index 449 



