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Tables of Contents for Percival Lowell
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Acknowledgments
ix
 
Introduction: Percival Lowell and the Boston Brahmins
1
8
PART I: THE PRIVATE LOWELL
9
88
The Making of an Improper Bostonian
13
11
Lowell and His Peers
24
21
Preparation of a Polymath
45
24
New Careers
69
28
PART II: LOWELL AS SPENCERIAN
97
70
Cosmic Philosopher
101
13
Image-Maker
114
19
Psychical Researcher
133
18
Cosmogonist
151
16
PART III: LOWELL AS ASTRONOMER
167
92
From ``Astronomical Picnic'' to Observatory
173
24
Lowell's Campaign for the Canals of Mars
197
23
The Establishment Responds
220
21
The Search for Recognition
241
18
Conclusion: A Proper Bostonian on Mars Hill
259
12
Notes
271
52
Index
323