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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Editorial Practice

ONE

Introduction – Parentage – Life in Scotland in the Last Century – Early Education – School

TWO

Freedom – Religious Education – Jedburgh

THREE

Edinburgh – Youthful Studies and Amusements – Politics – the Theatres of the Time

FOUR

Edinburgh Supper Parties – Tour in the Highlands – Mutiny in the Fleet – Battle of Camperdown

FIVE

First Marriage (1804) – Widowhood – Studies – Second Marriage

SIX

Somerville Family – Dr Somerville’s Character – Letters – Journey to the Lakes – Death of Sir William Fairfax – Reminiscences of Sir Walter Scott

SEVEN

Life in Hanover Square – Visit to France – Arago – Cuvier – Rome

EIGHT

Education of Daughters – Dr Wollaston – Dr Young – The Herschels

NINE

Society in London – Coronation of George IV – Letter to Dr Somerville

TEN

Death of Margaret Somerville – Letter from Mrs Somerville to the Rev. Dr Somerville – Life at Chelsea – The Napiers – Maria Edgeworth – Tour in Germany

ELEVEN

Letter from Lord Brougham – Writes ‘Mechanism of the Heavens’ – Anecdote of the Roman Improvisatrice – Letters from Sir John Herschel and Professor 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 Connexion of the Physical Sciences – Visit to Cambridge – Letters from Professor Sedgwick and Laplace

TWELVE

Paris – Arago, Lafayette, MM. Bouvard, Poisson, Lacroix, &c., Marquise de Laplace, Dupin, F. Cooper – Legitimiste Society – Majendie – Visit Baron Louis – Letter from Lafayette

THIRTEEN

Return to England – Letter from Hallam – Treatise on the form and Rotation of the Earth and Planets – Second Edition of The ‘Connexion of the Physical Sciences’ – Letters from Maria Edgeworth, Miss Berry, Lord Brougham, Mrs Marcet, Admiral Smyth – Double Stars – Eclipse of Double Stars – Letter from Admiral Smyth – Sir William Herschel – Nebulæ – Letter from Lord Rosse – Letter from Sir John Herschel – Sir James South’s Observatory – Mr John Murray – Miss Berry – Lord Dudley – Mr Bowditch and Other Distinguished Americans – Mrs Browning Washington – Letter from the Rev. Dr Tuckerman – Sir William Fairfax Attacked by Highwaymen

FOURTEEN

Rome, Naples, and Como – Baden – Winter at Florence – Siena – Letter from Lord Brougham – Mr Mountstuart Elphinstone – Life at Rome – Campagna Cattle

FIFTEEN

Albano – Popular Singing – Letters from Mrs Somerville – Gibson – Perugia – Comet of 1843 – Summer at Venice – Letters from Mrs Somerville and Miss Joanna Baillie – Elected Associate of the College of Resurgenti and R. I. Academy of Science at Arezzo

SIXTEEN

Publishes ‘Physical Geography’ – Letter from Humboldt – Christmas at Collingwood – Letter from Mrs Somerville – Faraday – Letter from Faraday – Keith Johnston’s Maps – Winter at Munich – Salzburg – Lake of Garda – Miniscalchi – Poem by Caterina Brenzoni – Letter from Brenzoni – Letter from Mrs Somerville – Éloge by Miniscalchi – Winter at Turin – Baron Plana – Camillo Cavour – Colline near Turin – Genoa – Teresa Doria – Florence – Miss F. P. Cobbe – Vivisection – Excursions in the Neighbourhood – Cholera – Misericordia – Pio Nono in Tuscany – Comet – Tuscan Revolution – War in Lombardy – Entry of Victor Emmanuel into Florence – Letters from Mrs Somerville – My Father’s Death – Letter from Miss Cobbe

SEVENTEEN

Spezia – Genoa – Begins Molecular and Microscopic Science – Turin – Spezia – British Fleet – Letters from Mrs Somerville – Garibaldi – Severe Illness – Florence – My Brother’s Death – Naples – Eruption of Vesuvius – J. S. Mill – Change in Public Opinion on Women’s Education – Eighty-Ninth Year – Describes her Own Character – Thoughts on a Future Life – Progress in Knowledge of Geography – Victoria Medal – Medal from Royal Italian Geographical Society – Letter from Menebrea – Rome, Capital of Italy – Aurora Borealis

EIGHTEEN

Eclipse – Visits of Scientific Men – Life at Naples – Darwin’s Books – Remarks on Civilisation – 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

Brief Biographies

Translations of Letters

Notes

Bibliography

Index