1850-1852: AGE 43-45.
Proposition from Dr. Bache.—Exploration of Florida Reefs.—Letter
to Humboldt concerning Work in America.—Appointment to
Professorship of Medical College in Charleston, S.C.—Life at the
South.—Views concerning Races of Men.—Prix Cuvier.
CHAPTER 17.
1852-1855: AGE 45-48.
Return to Cambridge.—Anxiety about Collections.—Purchase of
Collections.—Second Winter in Charleston.—Illness.—Letter to
James D. Dana concerning Geographical Distribution and Geological
Succession of Animals.—Resignation of Charleston Professorship.
—Propositions from Zurich.—Letter to Oswald Heer.—Decision to
remain in Cambridge.—Letters to James D. Dana, S.S. Haldeman, and
Others respecting Collections illustrative of the Distribution of
Fishes, Shells, etc., in our Rivers.—Establishment of School for
Girls.
CHAPTER 18.
1855-1860: AGE 48-53.
"Contributions to Natural History of the United States."
—Remarkable Subscription.—Review of the Work.—Its Reception in
Europe and America.—Letters from Humboldt and Owen concerning it.
—Birthday.—Longfellow's Verses.—Laboratory at Nahant.
—Invitation to the Museum of Natural History in Paris.—Founding
of Museum of Comparative Zoology in Cambridge.—Summer Vacation in
Europe.