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
settles again in Camden, ii, 26;
an experiment in lithography, ii, 26;
correspondence of Harlan, ii, 28;
his welcome at Boston, ii, 29;
to Edward Harris, ii, 29;
journey to Maine coast and New Brunswick, ii, 30;
winter and illness in Boston, ii, 31, 34-35;
sends his son to England to take charge of his publications,
and plans an expedition to Labrador, ii, 31;
Bachman to, ii, 32;
to Victor Audubon, ii, 33;
drawing of the Golden Eagle, ii, 34;
to his son, ii, 35-40;
financial affairs, ii, 37-38, 65;
on his portrait by Inman, ii, 39;
his American subscribers, ii, 39-41;
letters to Harris, ii, 40;
organization of his proposed expedition, ii, 42-44;
George Parkman to, ii, 43;
sails in the _Ripley_ for Labrador, ii, 44;
journal of his experiences, ii, 44-50;
at Bird Rock, ii, 45;
discovers a new finch, ii, 45;
scenes of work at Wapitagun, ii, 46-48;
his efforts and accomplishments, ii, 48;
return to Eastport and Boston, ii, 49;
editorial comment, ii, 50;
letter from Havell, ii, 51;
Thomas L. McKenney on, ii, 52;
arrested in Philadelphia, ii, 52;
Washington Irving's aid in Washington, ii, 53;
itinerary from Richmond, ii, 53;
winter at Bachman's, ii, 54;
letter to his son, ii, 55-62;
on Ord and Waterton, ii, 55, 61;
on his buzzard experiments, ii, 55;
on Syme's portrait, ii, 57;
his family alliance, ii, 58;
on his American subscribers, ii, 59, 62;
on Robert Havell, ii, 59;
on growing old, ii, 60;
on self-improvement, ii, 61;
on Kidd, ii, 57, 62;
Bachman, on his working habits, ii, 62;
to Harris, ii, 64;
echo of his early business troubles, ii, 64;
his statement of the case, ii, 65;
return to England, ii, 65;
gratitude to Edward Harris, ii, 66;
as target of critics and detractors, ii, 67-92;
questionable essays, ii, 68;
his reply to Sully, ii, 68-71;
the rattlesnake controversy, ii, 71-80;
charges of an editor, ii, 72;
his original drawing and account of the rattlesnake, ii, 74-76;
his errors and vindication, ii, 76-80;
letter of Thomas Cooper, ii, 78;
on the bend of the rattlesnake's fang, ii, 79;
rediscovery of his discredited lily, ii, 80;
on the buzzard's sense of smell, and present state of the
controversy, ii, 81-84;
his champions of the scientific and literary press, ii, 84;
on his snake stories, ii, 85;
his most persistent heckler, ii, 86-92;
Waterton and Swainson, on the authorship of his _Ornithological
Biography_, ii, 87;
on the rivalries of contemporaries, ii, 93-124;
to Swainson, ii, 95-97, 99-100, 101-103, 112;
Swainson to, ii, 97-99, 103-108;
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