I am told that he follows out, remarkably, his own ideas as to his movements." In 1878, Miss Mitchell went to Denver, Colorado, to observe the total eclipse of the sun.

She was accompanied by several of her former pupils.
She prepared an account of this eclipse, which will be found in Chapter XI.
"Aug.

20, 1878.

Dr.Raymond [President of Vassar College] is dead.

I cannot quite take it in.