Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)Herrick, Francis Hobart
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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Herrick, Francis Hobart
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Bonaparte to, i, 416-419;
first journey from England to America, i, 420-436;
to his wife, i, 420;
exhibition of drawings in New York, i, 421;
painting at Camden and Great Egg Harbor, i, 421;
Swainson to, i, 422;
sojourn in the Great Pine Forest, i, 423, 425-426;
to Victor Audubon, i, 424;
"Episodes" and record of work, i, 425;
visits his sons and joins his wife at "Beechgrove" (St.
Francisville) in Louisiana, i, 427;
to Harlan, i, 427-430;
Swainson to, i, 430;
occupations at "Beechgrove," i, 432;
preparations to return, with Mrs. Audubon, to England, i, 432;
to Havell, i, 433;
proposition for a successor to the position held by his wife,
i, 434;
reception at Washington, and accessions of subscribers, i, 435;
aid of Edward Everett, i, 435;
his letterpress and its rivals, i, 437-451;
membership in the Royal Society, i, 437;
settlement in Edinburgh and publication of the _Ornithological
Biography_, i, 437;
engages William MacGillivray to assist him, i, 438;
rival publications, i, 439, 442-445;
issue of his first volume of letterpress, i, 439;
Sir William Jardine to, i, 441;
MacGillivray as his reviewer, i, 445;
undertakes a Natural History Gallery of paintings with Kidd,
i, 446;
notices and final abandonment of the enterprise, i, 446;
to London and Paris, i, 447;
Edward Everett to, i, 448-451;
financial difficulties overcome, i, 451;
explorations in Florida and the South Atlantic, ii, 1-25;
returns to America with his wife, and a taxidermist as
assistant, ii, 1;
to Kidd, ii, 1;
his obituary in the _London Literary Gazette_, ii, 2;
Abert and Featherstonhaugh announce his plans, ii, 3;
promise of governmental aid at Washington, ii, 4;
visits Charleston and meets John Bachman, ii, 5;
sails from Charleston for Florida with two assistants, ii, 5;
Bachman on, ii, 5;
dedication to Bachman of a copy of his _Birds_, ii, 7;
his _Birds of America_ as gifts to others, ii, 7;
his journey described in Featherstonhaugh's _Journal_, ii, 8-14;
account of meeting with Bachman, ii, 9;
hospitality of the Charlestonians, ii, 10;
impressions of St. Augustine, ii, 12;
methods of work, ii, 12;
Harlan to his wife, ii, 14;
misadventures at Bulowville, ii, 15-20;
shooting birds at Live Oak Landing, ii, 16;
narrow escape from the marshes, ii, 17-19;
as a prophet on the future of eastern Florida, ii, 20;
the ibis of Orange Grove Island, ii, 21;
his plans delayed, ii, 22-24;
journey from St. Augustine to Key West, ii, 24;
return to Savannah and Charleston, ii, 25;
eastern visit and explorations in the North Atlantic, ii, 26-66;
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