Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals by Maria MitchellThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and JournalsAuthor: Maria MitchellRelease Date: November 21, 2003 [EBook #10202]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MARIA MITCHELL ***Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sandra Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.[Illustration: Maria Mitchell]MARIA MITCHELLLIFE, LETTERS, AND JOURNALSCompiled ByPHEBE MITCHELL KENDALLIllustrated1896CONTENTSCHAPTER IThe parents—Home life—Education, teachers, books—Astronomical instruments—Solar eclipse of 1831—Teaching—Appointment as librarian of Nantucket Atheneum—Friendships for young people—Extracts from diary, 1855—Music—The piano—Society—Story-telling—Housework—Extract from diary, 1854CHAPTER II"Sweeping" the heavens—Discovery of the comet, 1847—Frederick VI. and the comet—Letters from G. P. Bond andHon. Edward Everett—Admiral Smyth—American Academy—American Association for the Advancement of Science—Extract from diary, 1855—Dorothea Dix—Esther—Divers extracts from diary, 1853, 1854—Comet of 1854—Computations for comet—Visit to Cape Cod—Sandwich and Plymouth—Pilgrim Hall—Rev. James Freeman Clarke—Accidents in ...