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PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS
FROM EARLY LIFE TO OLD AGE
OF
MARY SOMERVILLE
WITH
Selections from her Correspondence.
BY HER DAUGHTER, MARTHA SOMERVILLE.

FIFTH THOUSAND.


LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET,
1874.
[The Right of Translation is reserved.][Pg ii]
WORKS BY MRS. SOMERVILLE.
THE MECHANISM OF THE HEAVENS. 8vo. 1831.
THE CONNECTION OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. 9th Edition. Post 8vo. 9s.1858.
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. 6th Edition. Post 8vo. 9s. 1870.
MOLECULAR AND MICROSCOPIC SCIENCE. 2 vols. Post 8vo. 21s. 1869.[Pg iii]
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.PAGE
INTRODUCTION—PARENTAGE—LIFE IN SCOTLAND IN THE LAST CENTURY—EARLY                     EDUCATION—SCHOOL1
CHAPTER II.
FREEDOM—RELIGIOUS EDUCATION—JEDBURGH24
CHAPTER III.
EDINBURGH—YOUTHFUL STUDIES AND AMUSEMENTS—POLITICS—THE                     THEATRES OF THE TIME 41
CHAPTER IV.
EDINBURGH SUPPER PARTIES—TOUR IN THE HIGHLANDS—MUTINY                     IN THE FLEET—BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN61
CHAPTER V.
FIRST MARRIAGE (1804)—WIDOWHOOD—STUDIES—SECOND MARRIAGE73
CHAPTER VI.
SOMERVILLE FAMILY—DR. SOMERVILLE'S CHARACTER—LETTERS—JOURNEY                     TO THE LAKES—DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM FAIRFAX—REMINISCENCES                     OF SIR WALTER SCOTT83
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CHAPTER VII.
LIFE IN HANOVER SQUARE—VISIT TO FRANCE—ARAGO—CUVIER—ROME104
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...                        
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