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Contents.
| page | ||
| 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 professer 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 | |
