CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE BOY AGASSIZ 



Birthplace of Agassiz — Boyhood Pastimes — Early Love 

 for Nature — Collections — First Collection of Fishes — The 

 Aquarium — Manly Traits — Inventive and Imitative Faculties 

 — Descendant of a Line of Clergymen — An Ancient Fam- 

 ily — Influence of His Mother. 



CHAPTER II. 



SCHOOL DAYS . 



Agassiz the Elder — Early College Life — College at Bienne 

 — Vacation Days — Auguste Agassiz — Making Collections — 

 Forming a Library — Village Festivals — Taste for Natural 

 Science — A Manifesto — Agassiz Outlines His Career — Study 

 of Fishes — Rambles in the Fields — First Lectures on 

 Zoology. 



CHAPTER III. 



CHARACTERISTICS AND HABITS .... 



Appearance of Agassiz— Strong Personality— -Captivates a 

 Stranger — Filial Affection — Meeting Weil-Known Natural- 

 ists — Love of Books — Copies Made — Determination of 

 Character — Habits of Study and Observation — The Home 

 Collections. 



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