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 ACADEMIE 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--NEBULAE--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--WIN