CHAPTER XVIII

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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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