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Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, Louis Agassiz: his life and correspondence, third edition 209 1 Browse Search
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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 6 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Cheerful Yesterdays 4 0 Browse Search
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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 8: first years in Boston (search)
to other valuable instruction, enjoyed daily the privilege of listening to his clear and lucid exposition of the facts and laws of his favorite science. His memory is still bright among us. The story of his life and work is beautifully told in the Life and Correspondence published soon after his death by his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Cary Agassiz, well known to-day as the president of Radcliffe College. His children and grandchildren are among our most valued citizens. His son, Professor Alexander Agassiz, inherits his father's devotion to science, while his daughter, Mrs. Quincy Shaw, has shown her public spirit in her great services to the cause of education. An enduring monument to his fame is the Cambridge Museum of Comparative Zoology, and I am but one of many still surviving who recall with gratitude the enlargement of intellectual interest which he brought to our own and other communities. Women who wish well to their own sex should never forget that, on the occasion of
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 18: certain clubs (search)
ars. Our meetings took place once in ten days. At each meeting a lecture was given on some topic of history, science, or general literature. Tea and conversation followed, and the party usually broke up after a session of two hours. Colonel Higginson once deigned to say that this club made it possible to be sensible even at Newport and during the summer. The names of a few persons show what we aimed at, and how far we succeeded. We had scientific lectures from Professor Rogers, Professor Alexander Agassiz, Dr. Weir Mitchell, and others. Maria Mitchell, professor of astronomy at Vassar College, gave us a lecture on Saturn. Miss Kate Hillard spoke to us several times. Professor Thomas Davidson unfolded for us the philosophy of Aristotle. Rev. George E. Ellis gave us a lecture on the Indians of Rhode Island, and another on Bishop Berkeley. Professor Bailey of Providence spoke on insectivorous plants, and on one occasion we enjoyed in his company a club picnic at Paradise, after w
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Index (search)
Index Abbot, Francis E., his comparison of Jesus and Socrates, 208; expounds his views, 289. Abbott, Rev., Jacob, stanza to, 91. Accademia, an, in Rome, 130. Adams, John Quincy, on Governor Andrew's staff, 266. Adams, Mrs. John (Abigail Smith), anecdote of, 36. Agassiz, Alexander, 184; lectures to the Town and Country Club, 406. Agassiz, Louis, personal appearance, 182; scientific interests, 183; attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306. Agassiz, Mrs. Louis (Elizabeth Cary),president of Radcliffe College, 183. Albinola, an Italian patriot, 120. Alfieri, dramas of, 57, 206. Alger, William R., attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306. Allston, Washington, his studio, 429; at a dinner to Charles Dickens, 43 1. Almack's, ball at, 105, 106. Anagnos, Michael, 313; marries Julia Romana Howe, 441. Anagnos, Mrs., Michael, born at Rome, 128; accompanies her parents to Europe, 313; her death, 439; her work and study, 440; her Metaphysical Club, and