Title: Memoir of John Griscom, LL.D., late professor of chemistry and natural philosophy :
Authors: Griscom, John H.
Date: 1859
Publisher: R. Carter and Brothers,
Physical description: 427 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: L
Contents: Motives for his autobiography -- Ancestry -- Schooldays -- A farmer's boy -- Favorite books -- Commences teaching -- Studies in Philadelphia -- Yellow fever -- Settles in Burlington -- Fondness for children -- Corporal punishment -- Lines in an album -- Marriage -- Novel-reading -- First attempts at chemistry -- Removal to New York -- Popular lectures -- Loss of his mother -- Professor of chemistry -- Summer rambles -- Hudson River travelling in 1810 -- The Shakers -- The springs -- Lake George -- Vermont -- Literary associations -- Domestic bereavement -- Scientific lectures to females and others -- The "Old Alms-House" -- Travels in Europe -- Benjamin West -- Elizabeth Fry -- Hannah More -- Catacombs of Paris -- Baron Cuvier -- Baron Humboldt -- La Fayette -- Thomas Clarkson -- Montgomery -- Lindley Murray - Francis Jeffrey -- Walter Scott -- Professor Brown -- Thomas Chalmers -- W. Wordsworth -- Robert Southey -- Foreign Acquaintance -- Return home -- Personal reflections -- A souvenir -- History of the Society for the Prevention of Pauperism, and the House of Refuge for Juvenile Delinquents  -- Monitorial instruction -- History of the high school -- Lines to a young invalid cousin -- Yellow fever in New York in 1822 -- History of Rutger's Medical College -- Dr. J. D. Goodman -- His colleagues -- Letter to a friend -- Trip to New England -- Removes to Providence, R.I. -- Religious discrepancies -- Letter to Frederick Tuckett -- Removal to West Haverford -- A severe accident -- Retrospect of travel -- Lecture on geology and the mosaic account of the creation -- Resumes active occupation -- Popular lectures -- A valuable acquaintenance -- Death of his only sister -- Convention at Utica -- Samuel Young -- Horace Mann -- Thos. Wilson Dorr and his rebellion -- Visit to Washington Irving -- The Davidsons -- Robert Fulton -- Temperance views and practices -- Correspondence with Charles Dickens -- "Hours of Youth" -- Benevolent and scientific institutions -- Scientific reputation -- Lectures to mechanics, merchants and apprentices -- Mercantile Library Association -- Popular claims of chemistry -- Anecdotes -- Familiarity with French -- Trusteeship and superintendence of public schools -- Address to the freeholders of Burlington -- Selection of teachers -- Value of school inspection -- Record of his school visits -- Answer to Horace Mann's "Circular" -- Recipe for a small school -- A coincidence -- Character and manner of his reading -- Literary criticisms -- Dr. Pritchard's "Physical history of mankind" -- "Kent's course of reading" -- D'Aubigne's "Cromwell" -- Taylor's "Loyola and Jesuitism" -- "Christian retirement" -- D'Aubigne's "Reformation" --"George A. Lundie" -- Chalmers "On the Romans" -- McCosh's "Divine government" -- Brickersteth on "The Lord's Supper" -- Morell's "Modern philosophy" -- Blunt's "Coincidences," and Palsey's "Horae Pauline" -- Religious attachments and sentiments -- Second marriage -- Letter to his children -- Slavery -- Letter on infidelity -- Last self-made record -- Letters -- Letter from Scotticus -- Last illness -- Death -- Funeral services --Public notices -- Dr. Francis' Discourse -- T.L. Cuyler's remarks.
Notes: Microfilmed for preservation
Subject headings (LCSH): Chemists--New York (State)--Biography.; Educators--New York (State)--Biography.; Griscom, John, 1774-1852.