Chapter I: Front Matter

FIRST MARRIAGE (1804)--WIDOWHOOD--STUDIES--SECOND MARRIAGE 73

CHAPTER VI.

SOMERVILLE FAMILY--DR. SOMERVILLE'S CHARACTER--LETTERS--JOURNEY
TO THE LAKES--DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX--REMINISCENCES
OF SIR WALTER SCOTT 83

CHAPTER VII.

LIFE IN HANOVER SQUARE--VISIT TO FRANCE--ARAGO--CUVIER--ROME 104

CHAPTER VIII.

EDUCATION OF DAUGHTERS--DR. WOLLASTON--DR. YOUNG--THE
HERSCHELS 127

CHAPTER IX.

SOCIETY IN LONDON--CORONATION OF GEORGE IV.--LETTER TO
DR. SOMERVILLE 140

CHAPTER X.

DEATH OF MARGARET SOMERVILLE--LETTER FROM MRS. SOMERVILLE
TO THE REV. DR. SOMERVILLE--LIFE AT CHELSEA--THE
NAPIERS--MARIA EDGEWORTH--TOUR IN GERMANY 152

CHAPTER XI.

LETTER FROM LORD BROUGHAM--WRITES "MECHANISM OF THE
HEAVENS"--ANECDOTE OF THE ROMAN IMPROVISATRICE--LETTERS
FROM SIR JOHN HERSCHEL AND PROFESSOR WHEWELL--ELECTED
HON. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL
SOCIETY--NOTICE IN THE ACADÉMIE DES SCIENCES, AND
LETTER FROM M. BIOT--PENSION--LETTER FROM SIR ROBERT
PEEL--BEGINS TO WRITE ON THE CONNECTION OF THE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES--VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE--LETTERS FROM
PROFESSOR SEDGWICK AND LAPLACE 161

CHAPTER XII.

PARIS--ARAGO, LAFAYETTE, MM. BOUVARD, POISSON, LACROIX,
&C., MARQUISE DE LAPLACE, DUPIN, F. COOPER--LEGITIMISTE
SOCIETY--MAJENDIE--VISIT BARON LOUIS--LETTER FROM
LAFAYETTE 183

CHAPTER XIII.

RETURN TO ENGLAND--LETTER FROM HALLAM--TREATISE ON THE
FORM AND ROTATION OF THE EARTH AND PLANETS--SECOND
EDITION OF "THE CONNEXION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES"--LETTERS
FROM MARIA EDGEWORTH, MISS BERRY, LORD
BROUGHAM, MRS. MARCET, ADMIRAL SMYTH--DOUBLE STARS--ECLIPSE
OF DOUBLE STARS--LETTER FROM ADMIRAL SMYTH--SIR
WILLIAM HERSCHEL--NEBULÆ--LETTER FROM LORD
ROSSE--LETTER FROM SIR JOHN HERSCHEL--SIR JAMES
SOUTH'S OBSERVATORY--MR. JOHN MURRAY--MISS BERRY--LORD
DUDLEY--MR. BOWDITCH AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED
AMERICANS--MRS. BROWNING WASHINGTON--LETTER FROM
THE REV. DR. TUCKERMAN--SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX ATTACKED
BY HIGHWAYMEN 198

CHAPTER XIV.

ROME, NAPLES, AND COMO--BADEN--WINTER AT FLORENCE--SIENA--LETTER
FROM LORD BROUGHAM--MR MOUNTSTEWART
ELPHINSTONE--LIFE AT ROME--CAMPAGNA CATTLE 230

CHAPTER XV.

ALBANO--POPULAR SINGING--LETTERS FROM MRS.
SOMERVILLE--GIBSON--PERUGIA--COMET
OF 1843--SUMMER AT VENICE--LETTERS
FROM MRS. SOMERVILLE AND MISS JOANNA BAILLIE--ELECTED
ASSOCIATE OF THE COLLEGE OF RESURGENTI AND
R.I. ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AT AREZZO 243

CHAPTER XVI.

PUBLISHES "PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY"--LETTER FROM HUMBOLDT--CHRISTMAS
AT COLLINGWOOD--LETTER FROM MRS. SOMERVILLE--FARADAY--LETTER
FROM FARADAY--KEITH JOHNSTON'S
MAPS--WINTER AT MUNICH--SALZBURG--LAKE OF GARDA--MINISCALCHI--POEM
BY CATERINA BRENZONI--LETTER FROM
BRENZONI--LETTER FROM MRS. SOMERVILLE--ÉLOGE BY
MINISCALCHI--WINTER AT TURIN--BARON PLANA--CAMILLO
CAVOUR--COLLINE NEAR TURIN--GENOA--TERESA DOVIA--FLORENCE--MISS
F.P. COBBE--VIVISECTION--EXCURSIONS IN
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD--CHOLERA--MISERICORDIA--PIO NONO
IN TUSCANY--COMET--TUSCAN REVOLUTION--WAR IN LOMBARDY--ENTRY
OF VICTOR EMMANUEL INTO FLORENCE--LETTERS
FROM MRS. SOMERVILLE--MY FATHER'S DEATH--LETTER
FROM MISS COBBE 286

CHAPTER XVII.

SPEZIA--GENOA--BEGINS MOLECULAR AND MICROSCOPIC
SCIENCE--TURIN--SPEZIA--BRITISH FLEET--LETTERS FROM
MRS. SOMERVILLE--GARIBALDI--SEVERE ILLNESS--FLORENCE--MY
BROTHER'S DEATH--NAPLES--ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS--J.S.
MILL--CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION ON WOMEN'S EDUCATION--EIGHTY-NINTH
YEAR--DESCRIBES HER OWN CHARACTER--THOUGHTS
ON A FUTURE LIFE--PROGRESS IN KNOWLEDGE OF
GEOGRAPHY--VICTORIA MEDAL--MEDAL FROM ROYAL ITALIAN
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY--LETTER FROM MENABREA--ROME,
CAPITAL OF ITALY--AURORA BOREALIS 329

CHAPTER XVIII.

ECLIPSE--VISITS OF SCIENTIFIC MEN--LIFE AT NAPLES--DARWIN'S
BOOKS--REMARKS ON CIVILIZATION--FINE AURORA BOREALIS--DEATH
OF HERSCHEL--SUMMER AT SORRENTO--BILL FOR
PROTECTION OF ANIMALS--NINETY-SECOND YEAR--LETTER
FROM PROFESSOR SEDGWICK--GRAND ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS--LAST
SUMMER AT SORRENTO, PLANTS FOUND THERE--CONCLUSION
354

PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS

OF

MARY SOMERVILLE.

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