Memories of my life

About this eBook

Author

Galton, Francis, 1822-1911

Original Publication

London: Methuen & Co, 1908.

Credits

Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

Q: Science

Subject

Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78669

Release Date

May 12, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.MEMORIES OF MY LIFE — CHAPTER I PARENTAGE
6. 6.CHAPTER II CHILDHOOD AND BOYHOOD
7. 7.CHAPTER III MEDICAL STUDIES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV SHORT TOUR TO THE EAST
9. 9.CHAPTER V CAMBRIDGE
10. 10.CHAPTER VI EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN
11. 11.CHAPTER VII SYRIA
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII HUNTING AND SHOOTING
13. 13.CHAPTER IX SOUTH-WEST AFRICA
14. 14.CHAPTER X LANDS OF THE DAMARAS, OVAMPO, AND NAMAQUAS
15. 15.CHAPTER XI AFTER RETURN HOME—MARRIAGE
16. 16.CHAPTER XII “ART OF TRAVEL”
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII SOCIAL LIFE
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV GEOGRAPHY AND EAST AFRICA
19. 19.CHAPTER XV BRITISH ASSOCIATION
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI KEW OBSERVATORY AND METEOROLOGY
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII ANTHROPOMETRIC LABORATORIES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII COMPOSITE PORTRAITS AND STEREOSCOPIC MAPS
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX HUMAN FACULTY
24. 24.CHAPTER XX HEREDITY
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI RACE IMPROVEMENT
26. 26.FOOTNOTES
27. 27.APPENDIX — PRINCIPAL AWARDS AND DEGREES
28. 28.INDEX
29. 29.A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY METHUEN AND COMPANY: LONDON 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. — CONTENTS
30. 30.A CATALOGUE OF Messrs. Methuen’s PUBLICATIONS — Part I.—General Literature — Ancient Cities — The Antiquary’s Books — The Arden Shakespeare — The Beginner’s Books — Books on Business — Byzantine Texts — The Churchman’s Bible — The Churchman’s Library — Classical Translations — Classics of Art — Commercial Series — The Connoisseur’s Library — The Illustrated Pocket Library of Plain and Coloured Books — Junior Examination Series — Methuen’s Junior School-Books — Leaders of Religion — The Library of Devotion — Little Books on Art — The Little Galleries — The Little Guides — The Little Library — The Little Quarto Shakespeare — Miniature Library — Oxford Biographies — School Examination Series — School Histories — Methuen’s Simplified French Texts — Methuen’s Standard Library — Textbooks of Science — Textbooks of Technology — Handbooks of Theology — The Westminster Commentaries — Part II.—Fiction — Books for Boys and Girls — The Novels of Alexandre Dumas — Methuen’s Sixpenny Books

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