Table of Contents

Volume 1: 1. 1785-1811. Birth and parentage; 2. 1812–1813. Politics; 3. 1814. Journal in Holland; 4. 1815–October, 1816. Francis Horner's success in Parliament; 5. October, 1816–1817. Paris; 6. 1818–1819. Lansdowne House; 7. 1820–1823. Dr. Parr; 8. 1824–1826. Dr Parr; 9. 1827–1829. London; 10. 1830–1831. Letters from Mr. Hallam; 11. 1832–1833. Letter from Mr. Cockburn; 12. 1834–1835. Work among the factories; 13. 1837–1838. Lansdowne House; 14. 1838. Visit to Patricroft. Volume 2: 1. 1839-1840. Visit to Mr. Samuel Greg; 2. 1841. Visit to Edinburgh; 3. 1842-1843. Geological Society; 4. 1844–1845. Factory Act; 5. 1846. Peace with America; 6. 1847–1848. Geological Society; 7. 1849–1850. Mr. Jameson; 8. 1851. Dean of Hereford; 9. 1852–1853. Balbo's Life of Dante; 10. 1854. Anniversary of Geological Society; 11. 1855–1856. Life of Baron Stein; 12. 1857–1860. Bishop of Rupert's Land; 13. 1861. Anniversary Geological Address; 14. 1862–1864. The Queen's sorrow; Index.

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Personal letters to and from a prominent Victorian geologist, educator and factory inspector, published in 1890.