Illustrations 



John Muir (Photogravure) . . . Frontispiece 

 From a photograph copyrighted by J. Edward B. 

 Greene. 



Muir's Lake (Fountain Lake) and the Gar- 

 den Meadow 62 



Our First Wisconsin Home 100 



Clock with Hand rising and setting with the 

 Sun, invented by the Author in his Boy- 

 hood 132 



Barometer invented by the Author in his 

 Boyhood 164 



Combined Thermometer, Hygrometer, Baro- 

 meter, AND Pyrometer, invented by the 

 Author in his Boyhood 196 



The Hickory Hill House, built in 1857 . . 230 



Thermometer invented by the Author in 

 his Boyhood 258 



Self-setting Sawmill. Model built in Cel- 

 lar. Invented by the Author in his Boy- 

 hood 258 



My Desk, made and used at the Wisconsin 

 State University 284 



