Map of Scotland | p. 4 |
Map of Edinburgh and Leith in the 1850s | p. 5 |
Foreword | p. 6 |
Acknowledgements | p. 9 |
Image Credits | p. 11 |
'Cromarty Man (c. 1837)' | p. 12 |
Preface | p. 13 |
Introduction: One of the living forces of Scotland | p. 17 |
A wild insubordinate boy | p. 22 |
A life of manual labour | p. 27 |
The literary lion of Cromarty | p. 34 |
A sort of Robinson Crusoe in geology | p. 40 |
A long, and, in its earlier stages, anxious courtship | p. 45 |
A plain working man, in rather humble circumstances | p. 53 |
Among the remains of a different creation | p. 59 |
Strife, toil, and comparative obscurity | p. 68 |
His business was to fight | p. 75 |
The truth I speak, impugn it whoso list | p. 84 |
The landscape was one without figures | p. 93 |
The quiet enthusiasm of the true fossil-hunter | p. 99 |
He clothed the dry bones of science | p. 105 |
Exceedingly plausible and consummately dangerous | p. 116 |
A gray maud, buckled shepherd-fashion | p. 125 |
These are but small achievements | p. 131 |
A tenderly affectionate parent | p. 139 |
Dearest Lydia, dear children, farewell | p. 145 |
Life itself is a school | p. 153 |
Sources | p. 160 |
A note on the Memoir | p. 165 |
Glossary | p. 166 |
Places and websites to visit | p. 168 |
Further websites | p. 169 |
Suggestions for further reading | p. 169 |
Miller's major books | p. 170 |
Index | p. 171 |
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