CONTENTS. 



Page 



PREFATORY NOTE vii,viii 



INTRODUCTION ... ix-xiii 



CHAPTER 



I. 



What He Was 



1 



»> 



II. 



His Beginnings. • • 



11 



>» 



III. 



His Tourney to South Africa 



23 





IV. 



His Early Struggles ... 



30 



?> 



V. 



His Researches on Fossils ... 



36 



?» 



VI. 



Paris and Vienna 



50 



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VII. 



Recognition and Comradeship 



56 



»» 



VIII. 



His Researches on Living 

 Reptiles 



63 



»> 



IX. 



Geology and Meteorology ... 



70 





X. 



His Researches in Archaeology 



75 



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XI. 



His Library 



81 



»> 



XII. 



His Writings... 



84 



APPENDIX 97 



V 



