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Louis Agassiz. 



charm of the volume — that gives a vivid and pictu- 

 resque account of the entire voyage referred to in 

 previous pages. This work, as might have been 

 expected, had a large sale and is still in constant 

 demand. 



Professor Agassiz received much assistance from 

 his son Alexander, who has followed in his foot- 

 steps, — a true Agassiz and devotee of science. The 

 Cambridge Museum has been to him a sacred trust, 

 and out of his fortune he has given nearly half a 

 million dollars to science through the institution 

 founded by his father. 



Alexander is the only son of Louis Agassiz by his 

 first wife and is ranked among the most distinguished 

 scientists of the day. He came to Cambridge in 

 1849, receiving his final education at Harvard, 

 from which he graduated in 1855. When fully 

 equipped by special courses in various institutions 

 of learning, he entered active life, going to Califor- 

 nia in 1859 connection with the Coast Survey. 

 He was an indefatigable collector, always having the 

 museum at Cambridge in view, and in i860 he was 

 made assistant of Professor Agassiz, in 1865 becom- 

 ing virtually its head during the latter's absence. In 

 1866 he interested himself in the copper mines of 

 Lake Superior, which by his energy became famous 

 throughout the world, and which through his gener- 

 osity and love of science have been made to pay 

 constant tribute to the great monument of Agassiz 

 the elder — the Cambridge Museum. Professor 

 Alexander Agassiz is a member of the National 

 Academy his father founded and of almost every 



