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The Sexual Colours of certain Butterflies. 'Nature,' January 8, 1880, volume xxi. page 237.

The Omori Shell Mounds. 'Nature,' April 15, 1880, volume xxi. page 561.

Sir Wyville Thomson and Natural Selection. 'Nature,' November 11, 1880, volume xxiii. page 32.

Black Sheep. 'Nature,' December 30, 1880, volume xxiii. page 193.

Movements of Plants. 'Nature,' March 3, 1881, volume xxiii. page 409.

The Movements of Leaves. 'Nature,' April 28, 1881, volume xxiii. page 603.

Inheritance. 'Nature,' July 21, 1881, volume xxiv. page 257.

Leaves injured at Night by Free Radiation. 'Nature,' September 15, 1881, volume xxiv. page 459.

The Parasitic Habits of Molothrus. 'Nature,' November 17, 1881, volume xxv. page 51.

On the Dispersal of Freshwater Bivalves. 'Nature,' April 6, 1882, volume xxv. page 529.

The Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on the Roots of certain Plants. [Read March 16, 1882.] Linnean Society Journal ("Botany"), volume xix. 1882, pages 239-261.

The Action of Carbonate of Ammonia on Chlorophyll-bodies. [Read March 6, 1882.] Linnean Society Journal ("Botany"), volume xix. 1882, pages 262- 284.

On the modification of a Race of Syrian Street-Dogs by means of Sexual Selection. By W. Van Dyck. With a preliminary notice by Charles Darwin. [Read April 18, 1882.] Proceedings of the Zoological Society 1882, pages 367-370.

APPENDIX III.

PORTRAITS.

1838: Water-colour by G. Richmond in the possession of The Family.

1851: Lithograph by Ipswich British Association Series.

1853: Chalk Drawing by Samuel Lawrence in the possession of The Family.

1853?: Chalk Drawing (Probably a sketch made at one of the sittings for the last mentioned.) by Samuel Lawrence in the possession of Prof. Hughes, Cambridge.

1869: Bust, marble, by T. Woolner, R.A. in the possession of The Family.

1875: Oil Painting (A replica by the artist is in the possession of Christ's College, Cambridge.) by W. Ouless, R.A., etched by P. Rajon, in the possession of The Family.

1879: Oil Painting by W.B. Richmond in the possession of The University of Cambridge.

1881: Oil Painting (A replica by the artist is in the possession of W.E. Darwin, Esq., Southampton.) by the Hon. John Collier, in the possession of The Linnaean Society, etched by Leopold Flameng.

CHIEF PORTRAITS AND MEMORIALS NOT TAKEN FROM LIFE.

Statue by Joseph Boehm, R.A., in the possession of Museum, South Kensington.

Bust by Chr. Lehr, Junr.

Plaque by T. Woolner, R.A., and Josiah Wedgwood and Sons in the possession of Christ's College, in Charles Darwin's Room.

Deep Medallion by J. Boehm, R.A. to be placed in Westminster Abbey.

CHIEF ENGRAVINGS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS.

1854?: By Messrs. Maull and Fox, engraved on wood for 'Harper's Magazine' (October 1884).

1870?: By O.J. Rejlander, engraved on steel by C.H. Jeens for 'Nature' (June 4, 1874).

1874?: By Captain Darwin, R.E., engraved on wood for the 'Century Magazine' (January 1883). Frontispiece, volume i.

(The dates of these photographs must, from various causes, remain uncertain. Owing to a loss of books by fire, Messrs. Maull and Fox can give only an approximate date. Mr. Rejlander died some years ago, and his business was broken up. My brother, captain Darwin, has no record of the date at which his photograph was taken.)

1881: By Messrs. Elliott and Fry, engraved on wood by G. Kruells, for the present work.

APPENDIX IV.

HONOURS, DEGREES, SOCIETIES, ETC.

(The list has been compiled from the diplomas and letters in my father's possession, and is no doubt incomplete, as he seems to have lost or mislaid some of the papers received from foreign Societies. Where the name of a foreign Society (excluding those in the United States) is given in English, it is a translation of the Latin (or in one case Russian) of the original Diploma.)

ORDER.—Prussian Order, 'Pour le Merite.' 1867.

OFFICE.—County Magistrate. 1857.

DEGREES.

Cambridge: B.A. 1831 [1832]. See volume i. M.A. 1837. Hon. LL.D. 1877.

Breslau: Hon. Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. 1862.

Bonn: Hon. Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. 1868.

Leyden: Hon. M.D. 1875.

SOCIETIES.—London:

Zoological. Corresponding Member. 1831. (He afterwards became a Fellow of the Society.) Entomological. 1833, Original Member. Geological. 1836. Wollaston Medal, 1859. Royal Geographical. 1838. Royal. 1839. Royal Medal, 1853. Copley Medal, 1864. Linnean. 1854. Ethnological. 1861. Medico-Chirurgical. Hon. Member. 1868. Baly Medal of the Royal College of Physicians, 1879.

SOCIETIES.—PROVINCIAL, COLONIAL, AND INDIAN.

Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1865. Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1826. Hon. Member, 1861. Royal Irish Academy. Hon. Member, 1866. Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. Hon. Member, 1868. Watford Natural History Society. Hon. Member, 1877. Asiatic Society of Bengal. Hon. Member, 1871. Royal Society of New South Wales. Hon. Member, 1879. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, New Zealand. Hon. Member, 1863. New Zealand Institute. Hon. Member, 1872.

FOREIGN SOCIETIES.—AMERICA.

Sociedad Cientifica Argentina. Hon. Member, 1877. Academia Nacional de Ciencias, Argentine Republic. Hon. Member, 1878. Sociedad Zoologica Arjentina. Hon. Member, 1874. Boston Society of Natural History. Hon. Member, 1873. American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Boston). Foreign Hon. Member, 1874. California Academy of Sciences. Hon. Member, 1872. California State Geological Society. Corresponding Member, 1877. Franklin Literary Society, Indiana. Hon. Member, 1878. Sociedad de Naturalistas Neo-Granadinos. Hon. Member, 1860. New York Academy of Sciences. Hon. Member, 1879. Gabinete Portuguez de Leitura em Pernambuco. Corresponding Member, 1879. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Correspondent, 1860. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. Member, 1869.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

Imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna. Foreign Corresponding Member, 1871; Hon. Foreign Member, 1875. Anthropologische Gesellschaft in Wien. Hon. Member, 1872. K. k. Zoologisch-botanische Gesellschaft in Wien. Member, 1867. Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia, Pest, 1872.

BELGIUM.

Societe Royale des Sciences Medicales et Naturelles de Bruxelles. Hon. Member, 1878. Societie Royale de Botanique de Belgique. 'Membre Associe,' 1881. Academie Royale des Sciences, etc., de Belgique. 'Associe de la Classe des Sciences.' 1870.

DENMARK.

Royal Society of Copenhagen. Fellow, 1879.

FRANCE.

Societe d'Anthropologie de Paris. Foreign Member, 1871. Societe Entomologique de France. Hon. Member, 1874. Societe Geologique de France (Life Member), 1837. Institut de France. 'Correspondant' Section of Botany, 1878.

GERMANY.

Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (Berlin). Corresponding Member, 1863; Fellow, 1878. Berliner Gesellschaft fur Anthropologie, etc. Corresponding Member, 1877. Schlesische Gesellschaft fur Vaterlandische Cultur (Breslau). Hon. Member 1878. Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolina Academia Naturae Curiosorum (Dresden). 1857. (The diploma contains the words "accipe...ex antiqua nostra consuetudine cognomen Forster." It was formerly the custom in the "Caesarea Leopoldino- Carolina Academia", that each new member should receive as a 'cognomen,' a name celebrated in that branch of science to which he belonged. Thus a physician might be christened Boerhave, or an astronomer, Kepler. My father seems to have been named after the traveller John Reinhold Forster.) Senkenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Frankfurt am Main. Corresponding Member, 1873. Naturforschende Gesellschaft zu Halle. Member 1879. Siebenburgische Verein fur Naturwissenschaften (Hermannstadt). Hon. Member, 1877. Medicinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena. Hon. Member, 1878. Royal Bavarian Academy of Literature and Science (Munich). Foreign Member, 1878.

HOLLAND.

Koninklijke Natuurkundige Vereeniging in Nederlandsch-Indie (Batavia). Corresponding Member, 1880. Societe Hollandaise des Sciences a Harlem. Foreign Member, 1877. Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen te Middelburg. Foreign Member, 1877.

ITALY.

Societa Geografica Italiana (Florence). 1870. Societa Italiana di Antropologia e di Etnologia (Florence). Hon. Member, 1872. Societa dei Naturalisti in Modena. Hon. Member, 1875. Academia de' Lincei di Roma. Foreign Member, 1875. La Scuola Italica, Academia Pitagorica, Reale ed Imp. Societa (Rome). "Presidente Onoraria degli Anziani Pitagorici," 1880. Royal Academy of Turin. 1873. "Bressa" Prize, 1879.

PORTUGAL.

Sociedade de Geographia de Lisboa (Lisbon). Corresponding Member, 1877.

RUSSIA.

Society of Naturalists of the Imperial Kazan University. Hon. Member, 1875. Societas Caesarea Naturae Curiosorum (Moscow). Hon. Member, 1870. Imperial Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg). Corresponding Member, 1867.

SPAIN.

Institucion Libre de Ensenanza (Madrid). Hon. Professor, 1877.

SWEDEN.

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Stockholm). Foreign Member, 1865. Royal Society of Sciences (Upsala). Fellow, 1860.

SWITZERLAND.

Societe des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchatel. Corresponding Member, 1863.

INDEX.

ABBOT, F.E., letter to.

ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES (Philadelphia) elects Darwin a member.

AGASSIZ, Alexander, letter to.

AGASSIZ, Louis, Darwin's estimate of. Letters to. His attitude toward the 'Origin of Species.' Reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

AGGREGATION, studied by Darwin.

'ALMANACK, THE NATURALISTS' POCKET,' mentioned.

ANDES, Darwin crosses the.

'ANNALS AND MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY,' mentioned.

ANTICIPATION of Darwin's views.

ANTS, observations on.

APPLETON, D., & CO., publish 'Origin of Species' in America.

ARGYLL, Duke of, criticises the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin's comments on his criticisms. Darwin on his 'Reign of Law.' Reviews the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.'

ARISTOTLE, Darwin's estimate of.

ARRANGEMENT of leaves on the stems of plants.

'ATHENAEUM,' Darwin on its review of the 'Origin of Species.' Reports British Association discussion. Darwin's letters to, in his own defence. Criticises Darwin.

AUSTRALIA, development of animals in.

AUSTRALIAN flora.

AUSTRIAN expedition.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY, extracts from.

AVELING, Dr., on Darwin's religious views. Note.

BAIN, Alexander, letter to.

BALFOUR, Francis M., Darwin's estimate of.

BALY medal presented to Darwin.

BAER, K.E. von, agrees with Darwin.

BASTIAN, H.C., Darwin on his 'Beginnings of Life.'

BATES, H.W., Darwin on his insect fauna of the Amazon valley. Letters to. Darwin on his mimetic variations of butterflies.

BATS.

"BEAGLE", voyage of. Darwin offered an appointment to the. Her equipments. Object of her voyage. Her crew.

BEETLES, collecting.

BEHRENS, W., letter to.

BELL, T., describes Darwin's reptiles.

BELL-STONE of Shrewsbury mentioned.

BELT, Thomas, Darwin on his 'Naturalist in Nicaragua.'

BEMMELEN, A. van, letter to.

BENTHAM, George, his silence on natural selection. Letter to Francis Darwin on his adoption of Darwin's views. His view of natural selection. Letters to.

BERKELEY, Rev. M.J., reviews the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.'

BERLIN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES elects Darwin corresponding member.

BET made by Darwin.

BLOMEFIELD (JENYNS), Rev. Leonard, Darwin becomes acquainted with. Letters to. Darwin on his 'Observations in Natural History.'

BLOOM on leaves and fruit, Darwin's work on.

BLYTH, Edward, mentioned.

BOOLE, Mrs., her letter on natural selection and religion. Letter to.

BOOTT, Francis, mentioned.

BOTANY, Darwin's work on, and its relation to natural selection.

BOWEN, Francis, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

BRACE, C.L., and wife, Darwin on their philanthropic work.

BRAZIL, Emperor of, wishes to meet Darwin.

BREE, C.R., his work 'Species not Transmutable.' Accuses Wallace of blundering, and is answered by Darwin.

BREEDING, sources of information on.

BRESSA prize presented to Darwin.

BRITISH ASSOCIATION discusses the 'Origin of Species.' Oxford meeting of, allegorized. Belfast meeting.

BRONN, H.G., edits the 'Origin of Species' in German. Letters to. Criticisms on the 'Origin of Species.'

BROWN, Robert, mentioned.

BRUNTON, T. Lauder, letter to.

BUCKLE, his system of collecting facts. Darwin on his 'History of Civilisation.'

BUCKLEY, Miss A.B., letters to.

BUFFON, Darwin on.

BUNBURY, Sir C., mentioned.

BUTLER, Samuel, charges Darwin of falsehood.

BUTLER, Dr., his school at Shrewsbury.

BUTTON, Jemmy, a visit to.

CAIRNS, J.E., his lecture on 'The Slave Power.'

CAM BRIDGE, University of, makes Darwin LL.D. Obtains memorial portrait of him.

CAMERON, Mrs., makes a photograph of Darwin.

CANARY ISLANDS, projected trip to.

CANDOLLE, Alphonse de, letters to. His view of the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin on his 'Histoire des Sciences et des Savants.'

CARLYLE, Thomas, on Erasmus A. Darwin. His interesting talk.

CARPENTER, W.B., letters to. Reviews the 'Origin of Species.' His work on 'Foraminifera.'

CARUS, J. Victor, letters to.

CATON, John D., letter to.

CHAMBERS, R., Darwin on his geological views.

CHANCE, not implied in evolution.

CHIMNEY-SWEEPS, Darwin's efforts for.

CIRRIPEDIA, monograph of the. Nomenclature of. Work on. The so-called auditory sac of.

CIVIL WAR in the United States. Darwin on.

CLARK, William, mentioned.

CLARK, Sir Andrew, is Darwin's physician.

CLIMATE and migration.

'CLIMBING PLANTS,' written and published. Work on. Republished in book-form.

COAL, discussion on submarine.

COHN, Prof., describes a visit to Darwin.

COLENSO, Bishop, his 'Pentateuch and the Book of Joshua.'

COLLECTING, Darwin on. Butterflies.

COLLIER, John, paints Darwin's portrait.

COLOURS OF INSECTS.

CONTINENTAL EXTENSION, Darwin's reasons against.

CONTINENTS, permanence of.

COPE, E.D., Darwin on his theory of acceleration.

COPLEY MEDAL presented to Darwin.

'CORAL REEFS,' at work upon. Opinions on. Criticised by Semper. Darwin's answer to Semper. Darwin on Murray's criticisms of. Second edition.

CRAWFORD, John, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

CREATIVE POWER.

'CREED OF SCIENCE,' read by Darwin.

CRESY, E., letter to.

CRICK, W.D., communicates to Darwin a mode of dispersal of bivalve shells.

CUTTING EDGES OF BOOKS, Darwin on.

DANA, Prof., sends Darwin 'Geology of U.S. Expedition.'

DARESTE, Camille, letter to.

DARWIN FAMILY.

DARWIN, Annie, Darwin's account of. Death of.

DARWIN, Miss C., letter to.

DARWIN, Catherine, letters to.

DARWIN, Charles, studies medicine at Edinburgh. Young man of great promise.

DARWIN, Charles Robert (1809-1882). Table of relationship. Ancestors. Personal characteristics as traced from his forefathers. Love and respect for his father's memory. His affection for his brother Erasmus. Autobiography. Mother dies. Taste for natural history. School-boy experiences. Humane disposition toward animals. Goes to Dr. Butler's school at Shrewsbury. Taste for long, solitary walks. Inability to master a language. Leaves school with strong and diversified tastes. Fondness for poetry in early life. A wish to travel first roused by reading 'Wonders of the World.' Fondness for shooting. Collects minerals and becomes interested in insects and birds. Studies chemistry. Goes to Edinburgh University. And attends medical lectures. Collects and dissects marine animals. Attends meetings of the Plinian Royal Medical and Wernerian societies. Attends lectures on geology and zoology. Meets Sir J. Mackintosh. Spends three years at Cambridge studying for the ministry. Phrenological characteristics. Reads Paley with delight. Attends Henslow's lectures on botany. His taste for pictures and music. His interest in entomology. Friendship of Prof. Henslow and its influence upon his career. Meets Dr. Whewell. Reads Humboldt's 'Personal Narrative' and Herschel's 'Introduction to the Study of Natural History.' Begins the study of geology. Field-work in North Wales. Voyage of the "Beagle". Receives a proposal to sail in the "Beagle". Starts for Cambridge and thence to London. 'Voyage of the "Beagle" the most important event in my life.' Sails in the "Beagle". His letters read before the Philosophical Society of Cambridge. Returns to England. Begins his 'Journal of Travels.' Takes lodgings in London. Begins preparing MS. for his 'Geological Observations.' Arranges for publication of 'Zoology of the Voyage of the "Beagle". Opens first note-book of 'Origin of Species.' Meets Lyell and Robert Brown. Marries. Works on his 'Coral Reefs.' Reads papers before Geological Society. Acts as secretary of the Geological Society. Residence at Down. His absorption in science. His publications. 'Geological Observations' published. Success of the 'Journal of Researches.' Begins work on 'Cirripedia.' visits to water-cure establishments. Work on the 'Origin of Species.' Reads 'Malthus on Population.' Begins notes on 'Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication.' Becomes interested in cross-fertilisation of flowers. Publishes papers on dimorphic and trimorphic plants. Publishes 'Descent of Man.' First child born. Publishes translation and sketch of 'Life of Erasmus Darwin.' Methods of work. Mental qualities. Fond of novel reading. A good observer. Habits and personal appearance. Ill health. Fondness for dogs. Correspondence. Business habits. Scientific reading. Wide interest in science. Journals of daily events. Holidays. Relation to his family and friends. His account of his little daughter Annie. How he brought up his children. Manner towards servants. As a host. Modesty. Not quick at argument. Intercourse with strangers. Use of simple methods and few instruments. Perseverance. Theorizing power. Books used only as tools. Use of note-books and portfolios. Courteous tone toward his reader. Illustration of his books. Consideration for other authors. His wife's tender care. Cambridge life. His character. Intention of going into the church. Appointment to the "Beagle". The voyage. Life at sea. Views on slavery. Excursion across the Andes. Meets Sir J. Herschel. Reaches home. Life at London and Cambridge. Residence at Cambridge. Works on his 'Journal of Researches.' Appointed secretary of Geological Society. Visits Glen Roy. Admiration for Lyell's 'Elements.' Increasing ill-health. At work on 'Coral Reefs.' His religious views. Life at Down, 1842-1854. Reasons for leaving London. Early impressions of Down. Theory of coral islands. Time spent on geological books. Purchases farm in Lincolnshire. Dines with Lord Mahon. Daughter Annie dies. His children. Growth of views on 'Origin of Species.' Plan for publishing 'Sketch of 1844,' in case of his sudden death. Pigeon fancying enterprise. Collecting plants. General acceptance of his work. Publishes 'Origin of Species.' Elected correspondent of the Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia). His views on the civil war in the United States. At Bournemouth. His view of Lyell's 'Antiquity of Man.' Receives the Copley medal. Elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh. His conscientiousness in argument. His intercourse with horticulturists and stock-raisers. Elected to the Royal Society of Holland. Made a knight of the Prussian order Pour le Merite. Sits for a bust. Declines a nomination for the degree of D.C.L. because of ill-health. His connection with the South American Missionary Society. His answers to Galton's questions on nature and nurture. Sits for portrait to W. Ouless. Elected to Physiological Society. Replies to Miss Cobbe on vivisection in the "Times". Publishes the 'Life of Erasmus Darwin.' Sits for memorial portraits. Receives various honours. Makes a present to the Naples Zoological Station. His answers to Galton's questions on the faculty of visualising. Offers aid to Fritz Muller. Replies to Sir W. Thomson on abyssal fauna. His botanical work. Builds a greenhouse. Publishes work on the fertilisation of orchids. Studies the bloom on leaves and fruit. Studies the causes of variability. Studies the production of galls. Studies aggregation. Encourages Torbitt's work on the potato disease. Aids the preparation of the Kew 'Index of Plant-names.' Death. Burial in Westminster Abbey. List of works.

DARWIN & Wallace's joint paper on variation.

DARWIN, Edward, author of 'Gamekeeper's Manual.'

DARWIN, Mrs. Emma (Wedgwood), letter to.

DARWIN, Erasmus (born 1731), poet and philosopher. Character of. Life published in English.

DARWIN, Erasmus (born 1759).

DARWIN, Erasmus Alvey (1804-1881), educated as a physician. Character of. Carlyle's sketch of his character. Miss Wedgwood's letter on his character. Letter from. His death.

DARWIN, Robert, of Elston Hall. Charles Darwin's estimate of.

DARWIN, Robert Waring, (born 1724), publishes 'Principia Botanica.'

DARWIN, Robert Waring, (born 1767), studies medicine at Leyden. Settles in Shrewsbury. Marries Susannah Wedgwood. His son Charles's description of him. His six children. Letters to.

DARWIN, Susan, letters to.

DARWIN, William, of Marton, first known ancestor of Charles.

DARWIN, William, son of Richard, appointed yeoman of the Royal Armoury.

DARWIN, William (1655).

DARWYN, Richard, of Marton, mentioned.

DAVIDSON, Thomas, letter to, asking him to investigate brachiopods. Letter to. On British brachiopoda.

DE CANDOLLE, A., see Candolle, A. De.

DESCENT, doctrine of.

DESCENT OF ANIMALS.

'DESCENT OF MAN,' published. Work on. Reviews of. Reception in Germany. Wallace's views on. Second edition. Connected with socialism.

DESIGN IN NATURE, doctrine of.

DIAGRAMS OF DESCENT OF MAMMALS.

'DIFFERENT FORMS OF FLOWERS,' published. Reviewed in 'Nature.'

DIGESTION OF PLANTS, Darwin's work on.

DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS.

DIVERGENCE OF CHARACTER, principle of.

DOGS, multiple origin of.

DOHRN, Anton, letter to.

DONDERS, F.C., letters to.

DOWN, description of.

DRIFT near Southampton, stones standing on end in.

DU BOIS-REYMOND agrees with Darwin.

DYCK, W.T. van, letter to.

DYER, W. Thiselton, on Darwin's botanical work. Letters to.

EAR, human, infolded point of.

Earthquakes, paper read on.

EATON, J., extract from his book on 'Pigeons.'

'EDINBURGH REVIEW,' Darwin's criticisms on.

EDUCATION, Darwin on.

'EFFECTS OF CROSS And SELF-FERTILISATION,' published. Work on.

ELECTRICAL ORGANS in fish.

ERRATIC BOULDERS of South America, paper on, read.

EVOLUTION, doctrine of, objections to, answered. Not a doctrine of chance. And teleology. Neither anti-theistic nor theistic. Mental.

EXPRESSION, facial, origin of.

'EXPRESSION OF The EMOTIONS,' published. Work on. Reviews of.

EYRE, Gov., Darwin's views on the prosecution of.

FABRE, J.H., letter to.

FALCONER, Hugh, letters to. Mentioned. Letter to Darwin. Views on the origin of elephants. Reclamation from Lyell's 'Antiquity of Man.'

FARRER, F.W., letter to.

FARRER, Sir Thomas H., aids Darwin's researches on earthworms. Letters to.

FAWCETT, Henry, defends Darwin's reasoning.

'FERTILISATION OF ORCHIDS,' published.

FISKE, John, letter to.

FISHER, Mrs., letters to.

FITTON, W.H., mentioned.

FITZ-ROY, R.,captain of the "Beagle". His character. Meets Darwin. Letters to. His intention of resigning.

FLINT instruments.

FLOURENS, P.,on the 'Origin of Species.'

FLOWERS, fertilisation of.

FORBES, David, praises Darwin's work on Chile.

FORBES, Edward, his theory of change of level.

FORDYCE, J.,letter to.

FOREL, Aug., letter to.

'FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOULD,' paper read on. Published. Work on. Its reception.

FOX, William Darwin, Darwin's friendship with. Letters to.

FRANCE, Institute of, elects Darwin corresponding member.

FRAUDS, scientific.

FREE-WILL, doctrine of.

FREKE, Dr., his 'Origin of Species by Means of Organic Affinity.'

FEUGIANS, Darwin's impressions of.

GALAPAGOS animals and plants.

GALLS, production of, studied by Darwin.

GALTON, Francis, mentioned. His questions on nature and nurture, and Darwin's answers. His questions on the faculty of visualising, and Darwin's answers.

'GARDENERS' CHRONICLE,' Darwin answers Mr. Westwood in.

GAUDRY, A., letter to.

GEIKIE, Archibald, his opinion of Darwin's geological works.

GEIKIE, James, letter to.

GENERA, varying of large.

GENERATION, spontaneous.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.

'GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS,' MS. begun.

'GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON VOLCANIC ISLANDS' published. Opinions on. Second edition.

'GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH AMERICA,' opinions on.

GEOLOGICAL RECORD, imperfection of. Succession in.

GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Darwin wishes to become a member. Papers contributed to.

GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS secured during voyage. Disposed of.

GEOLOGICAL, importance of. Of St. Jago. Article on, in 'Admiralty Manual.' Darwin on the progress of.

GERMANY, progress of natural selection in.

GERMINATION, experiments in.

GILBERT, J.H., letter to.

GLACIAL period, its effect on species. Phenomena at Cwm Idwal.

GLACIERS, paper on ancient, in Wales.

GLEN ROY, Darwin visits. 'Observations' on, published. Work criticised by D. Milne.

GOURMET CLUB and its members.

GOVERNMENT AID in publication of 'Zoology of Voyage of "Beagle".'

GRAHAM, W., letter to.

GRAY, Asa, his papers on natural selection and natural theology. Letters to. Letter to Hooker on the 'Origin of Species.' On the 'Origin of Species.' Reviews the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.' Reviews the 'Variation of Animals and Plants.'

GRAY, J.E., mentioned.

GUNTHER, A., letters to.

GURNEY, E., letter to.

HAAST, Sir Julius von, letter to.

HAECKEL, E., his views on the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin's friendship with. His work for natural selection in Germany. Letters to.

HALIBURTON, Mrs., letters to.

HARVEY, W.H., criticises the 'Origin of Species.'

HAUGHTON, Rev. S., criticises Darwin and Wallace's joint paper.

HENSLOW, J.S., his friendship with Darwin. His character. Letter from. Letters to. Presides at the Oxford discussion on the 'Origin of Species.' His views on natural selection. His death.

HERBERT, John Maurice, Darwin's friendship with. Letters to.

HERSCHEL, Sir J., Darwin's opinion of. Meets Darwin.

HETEROGENY, Darwin on.

HIGGINSON, T.W., letter to.

HILDEBRAND, F., letters to.

HIPPOCRATES anticipates Darwin on pangenesis.

HOLMGREN, Frithiof, letter to.

HOLLAND, Royal Society of, elects Darwin a member.

HOLLAND, Sir Henry, his view of the 'Origin of Species.'

HOMOEOPATHY, Darwin's estimate of.

HONOURS conferred on Darwin, list of.

HOOKER, Sir Joseph D., Darwin's friendship for. Letters to. Letter from. His reminiscences of Darwin. On the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin on his 'Australian Flora.' Answers Harvey. Memorial on his treatment by the First Commissioner of Works. Reviews the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.'

HOOKER, Sir William, mentioned.

HOPKINS, William, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

HUDSON, Darwin's reply to.

HUMBOLDT, Darwin's estimate of.

HUTTON, F.W., reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

HUXLEY, Thomas Henry, mentioned. His opinion of Darwin's work on 'Cirripedes.' On the 'Vestiges of Creation.' On the 'Philosophie Zoologique.' On the 'Principles of Geology.' On the reception of the 'Origin of Species.' Letters to. On the 'Origin of Species.' Reviews the 'Origin of Species' in 'Westminster Review.' Defends Darwin before the British Association. Contradicts R. Owen. Letter from. Lectures to workingmen on natural selection. Asked by Darwin to write a text-book on zoology. Replies to the 'Quarterly' reviewer on the 'Descent of Man.'

HYATT, Alpheus, letter to, on his theory of acceleration.

HYBRID GEESE, fertility of.

HYBRIDISM.

IMMORTALITY, Darwin's views upon.

'INFANT, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AN.'

INFERIORITY inherited by the forms which are beaten.

INNES, Rev. J. Brodie, on Darwin's interest in village affairs. On the 'Origin of Species' and the Bible. On Darwin's conscientiousness. Letter to.

'INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS,' published. Work on.

INSECTS, instinct of. As carriers of pollen.

INSTINCT, Darwin on.

ISLANDS, animals of.

ISOLATION, effect of, on the origin of species.

JARDINE, Sir W., mentioned.

JEFFREYS, Gwyn, mentioned.

JENKINS, Fleeming, reviews the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin on his criticisms.

JENYNS (BLOMEFIELD), Rev. Leonard, mentioned. Letters to. Letter from. His 'Observations in Natural History.'

JONES, Dr. Bence, is Darwin's physician.

'JOURNAL OF RESEARCHES,' work on. Lyell's opinion of. The German translation and its reception. Second edition published. Dedication of. Condemned in manuscript.

JUDD, Prof., his paper on 'Volcanoes of the Hebrides.' On Darwin's desire to promote the progress of science.

JUKES, Joseph B., mentioned.

KEW, 'Index of Plant Names.'

KINGSLEY, Rev C., letter from, on the 'Origin of Species.'

KOCH'S RESEARCHES on splenic fever. Darwin on.

KOLLIKER, Prof., is reviewed by Huxley.

KRAUSE, Ernst, criticises Bronn's German edition of the 'Origin of Species.' His essay on Erasmus Darwin published.

KROHN, Aug., finds mistakes in the 'Origin of Species.'

LAMARCK's discussion of the species question, its insufficiency. Darwin on.

LANE, Dr., his recollections of Darwin.

LANGEL reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

LANKESTER, E. Ray, letter to.

LANSDOWNE, Marquis of, anecdote of.

LEE, Samuel, mentioned.

LESQUEREUX, Leo, accepts the doctrine of natural selection.

LEWES, G.H., reviews the 'Variation of Animals and Plants.'

LINDLEY, John, mentioned.

LINNEAN SOCIETY obtains memorial portrait of Darwin.

LITCHFIELD, Mrs., on Darwin's style. Letter to.

LIZARDS.

LONSDALE, William, mentioned.

LOWELL, J.A., reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

LUBBOCK, Sir John, letters to. On the burial of Darwin.

LYELL, Sir Charles, estimate of his character as a geologist. Letters to. Letters from. Opinion of 'Coral Reefs.' His views of the 'Origin of Species.' On the origin of species by natural causes. Admission of the doctrine of natural selection. Darwin on his 'Antiquity of Man.' Falconer's reclamation from his 'Antiquity of Man.' Darwin on his 'Elements of Geology.' His death. Darwin's opinion of.

MACAULAY and his memory.

MCDONNELL, R., his study of electrical organs in fish.

MACKINTOSH, D., his work on erratic blocks.

MACLEAY, W.S., mentioned.

MADEIRA AND BERMUDA birds not peculiar.

MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,' Wallace's 'Zoological Geography of.

MAMMALS, descent of, from a single type.

MAN, all races of, descended from one type. Antiquity of. Origin of. Relationship to apes.

MARRIAGES, consanguineous.

MARSH, O.C., letter to.

MASTERS, Maxwell, letter to.

MATTHEW, Patrick, anticipates the doctrine of natural selection.

MAW, George, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

MEDAL of Royal Society awarded to Darwin.

MEGATHERIUM sent down from heaven.

MESMERISM, Darwin's estimate of.

MILNE, D., criticises Glen Roy paper.

MIMETIC MODIFICATIONS in plants.

MIVART, St. G., Darwin on his 'Genesis of Species.' His 'Genesis of Species' reviewed by Chauncey Wright. Criticised by Huxley. His 'Lessons from Nature' reviewed in the 'Academy.'

MODIFICATION.

MODIFICATIONS, absence of.

MOGGRIDGE, J.T., letter to.

MOJSISOVIC, E. von, Darwin on 'Dolomit Riffe.'

MONADS, persistence of.

MONSTERS.

MONSTROSITIES are sterile.

MORSE, E.S., letter to.

MOSELEY, H.N., letters to.

MULLER, Fritz, letters to. His 'Fur Darwin' translated. Receives offer of aid from Darwin.

MULLER, Hermann, letters to.

MULLER, Max, his 'Lectures on the Science of Language.'

MURRAY, Andrew, quoted on the 'Origin of Species.'

MURRAY, John, letters to.

MUSIC OF INSECTS.

MUTABILITY OF SPECIES.

NAGELI, C., his 'Entstehung und Begriff der Naturhistorischen Art.' Letter to.

NAPLES Zoological Station receives a present from Darwin.

NATURAL HISTORY, Darwin's passion for.

NATURAL SELECTION, see Selection, natural.

NAUDIN, Darwin on.

NEUMAYR, Melchior, letter to.

NEVILL, Lady Dorothy, letter to.

NEWTON, A., letter to. Reviews the 'Variation of Animals and Plants.'

NEW ZEALAND, animals of. Plants of.

NOBILITY, natural selection among.

NOMENCLATURE of species, discussion on.

NORMAN, E., Darwin's secretary.

NOVARA expedition.

'OBSERVATIONS ON PARALLEL ROADS OF GLEN ROY,' published. Extract from.

OGLE, William, letter to.

'ORCHIDS, FERTILISATION OF,' work on. Published. Reviews of. Second edition published.

'ORCHIS BANK' described.

ORGANS, rudimentary.

'ORIGIN OF SPECIES,' first note-book of, opened. Growth of the. Published. Its success. Second edition. Darwin's change of views upon. Description of sketch of 1844. Huxley's view of sketch of 1844. Prof. Newton's view of same. The writing of. Abstract book. Unorthodoxy of. Faults of style. Lyell on. Huxley on. Bishop Wilberforce on. Huxley's summary of reviews of. Answer to Lyell on. H.C. Watson on. Jos. D. Hooker on. French translation proposed. First German edition. Reviewed in the "Times". First American edition. Asa Gray on. Kingsley on. And the Bible. Rev. J. Brodie Innes on. Reviewed in the 'Edinburgh Review.' Reviewed in the 'North American Review.' Reviewed in the 'Revue des deux Mondes.' Reviewed in the "New York Times". Reviewed in the "Christian Examiner". Discussed by the British Association. Reviewed in 'Quarterly Review.' Reviewed in the 'London Review.' Reviewed in the 'American Journal of Science and Arts. Bronn's criticisms of. Reviewed in the 'Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.' Answers to criticisms on. Third edition. 'Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the.' Dutch edition. First French edition. Reviewed in the 'Geologist.' Reviewed in the 'Dublin Hospital Gazette.' Reviewed in the 'Zoologist.' De Candolle's view of. Haeckel's view of. Gen. Sabine on. Flourens on. Second French edition. Criticised by the Duke of Argyll. Fourth edition. Third German edition. Russian editions of. Fifth edition. Reviewed in the 'North British Review.' Reviewed in the 'Athenaeum.' Third and fourth French editions. Sixth edition. Criticised by Pusey. 'Coming of age of.'

OSTRICH, Darwin discovers a new species of.

OULESS, W., paints Darwin's portrait.

OWEN, Sir R., criticises Darwin's theory. Contradicted by Huxley. His views on variation by descent.

PALEY's argument of design in nature no longer good. His 'Natural Theology' mentioned.

PAMPAEAN FORMATION, Darwin on.

PANGENESIS, hypothesis of. Opinions on. Anticipated by Hippocrates.

PARKER, Henry, defends the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.'

PARSONS, Theophilus, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

PEACOCK, George, letter on appointment of naturalist to "Beagle". Letter from, appointing Darwin to "Beagle".

PENGELLY, William, mentioned.

PERTHES, Boucher de, Darwin on.

PETRELS as agents of distribution.

PHILLIPS, John, mentioned.

PHILOSOPHICAL CLUB, its nature.

'PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE,' Huxley on.

PHOTOGRAPHS, albums of, presented to Darwin by German and Dutch scientists.

PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY elects Darwin an honorary member.

PICTET, Francois Jules, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

PIGEONS, Darwin's interest in.

PLANTS, fossil. sexuality of. A recent discovery.

PLATYSMA, contraction of, from shuddering.

PORTRAITS OF DARWIN, list of.

POTATO DISEASE, Torbitt's experiments on.

POUR LE MERITE, Darwin admitted to order.

POUTER PIGEON, variation in.

'POWER OF MOVEMENT IN PLANTS,' published. Work on.

PRESTWICH, J., letter to.

PREYER, W., letter to.

PRIMOGENITURE, law of, Darwin on.

'PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY,' Huxley on.

PRIORITY, nomenclature of species by.

PROGRESSION, necessary.

PROTECTION, modification for.

PUSEY's criticisms of the 'Origin of Species.'

'QUARTERLY REVIEW,' recognises merits of 'Journal of Researches.'

QUATREFAGES, J.L.A. de, letters to.

RELIGIOUS VIEWS OF DARWIN, difficulties not created by science.

REMINISCENCES OF DARWIN by Hooker.

REVELATION, Darwin's disbelief in.

REVERSION, Darwin on.

REYMOND, Du Bois-, letter to.

RICHMOND, W.B., paints Darwin's portrait.

RIDLEY, C., letter to.

RIVERS, T., letter to.

ROBERTSON, G. Croom, letter to.

ROBERTSON, John, reviews the 'Origin of Species.'

RODWELL, Rev. J.M., letter to.

ROLLESTON, George, his 'Canons.'

ROMAN CATHOLIC church on evolution.

ROMANES, G.J., on Darwin's conscientiousness. Letters to.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS presents the Baly medal to Darwin.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH elects Darwin honorary member.

ROYER, Mlle. Clemence, translates the 'Origin of Species.' Publishes third French edition.

RUDIMENTARY organs.

SABINE, Gen., on the 'Origin of Species.'

SALTER, J.W., his diagram of spirifers. 'Sand-walk' described.

SANDERSON, J. Burdon, letter to.

SAPORTA, Marquis de, letter to.

SCHAAFFHAUSEN, H., claims to anticipate Darwin.

SCOTT, John, Darwin's estimate of.

SEDGWICK, Rev. Adam, mentioned. On the 'Origin of Species.' His review of the 'Origin of Species.' Criticises the 'Origin of Species.' On the imperfection of the geological record.

SEEDS, vitality of.

SELECTION, NATURAL, doctrine of, clearly conceived by Darwin about 1839. Opposed to doctrine of design. Effect of, on the scientific mind. And religion. Small effects of, in changing species. Among the nobility. Huxley's lectures to workingmen on. Progress of. Darwin anticipated on. Use of the term. Effect on sterility. Progress among the clergy. Progress of, in Germany. Progress of, in France.

SELECTION, SEXUAL, instance of, in the dogs of Beyrout.

SEMPER, K., letters to.

SHELBURNE, Lord, anecdote of.

SLAVERY, Darwin's opinion of. In the United States.

SMITH, Sydney, inexplicably amusing.

SOCIALISM and the descent of man.

SOCIETIES, learned, Darwin's membership in.

SOUTH AMERICAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY, Darwin's connection with.

SPECIES, mutability of. Origin of, effect of isolation on. Specific centres.

SPENCER, Herbert, letters to. Prof. Huxley's friendship with. Darwin on. Originates the term 'survival of the fittest.' His impression of 'Pangenesis.'

SPIRITISM, Darwin on.

SPONTANEITY, Bain's theory of.

SPRENGEL, C.C., his work on the fertilisation of flowers.

STANHOPE, Lord, his parties of historians.

STEBBING, Rev. T.R.R., letter to.

STENDEL'S 'Nomenclator.'

STERILITY, effect of natural selection on. Of moths.

STOKES, Admiral, Lord, extract from letter of.

STONES standing on end in the Southampton drift.

STRICKLAND, Hugh, letters to. Letter from.

STRIPED HORSES.

STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

STYLE of Darwin.

SUBLIMITY, where felt most by Darwin.

SULIVAN, B.J., letter to.

SULIVAN, Admiral Sir James, extract from letter of.

SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, use of the term.

TEGETMEIER, W.B., extract from letter to.

TELEOLOGY, evolution and. Darwin's revival of.

TENERIFFE, projected trip to.

THIEL, H., letter to.

THOMSON, Thomas, mentioned.

THOMSON, Sir Wyville, on abyssal fauna.

THORLEY, Miss, botanical work with.

THWAITES, G.J.K., mentioned.

TIERRA DEL FUEGO MISSION, Darwin's connection with.

"TIMES", its review of the 'Origin of Species.' Darwin on.

TORBITT, James, his work on the potato disease.

TURIN, Royal Academy of, presents Darwin the Bressa prize.

TYLOR, E.B., letter to.

TYNDALL, John, praises the 'Origin of Species.'

USBORNE, A.B., extract from a letter of.

VAN DYCK, W.T., letter to.

VARIATIONS IN SPECIES, Wallace's essay on. Darwin and Wallace's joint paper on. Sudden. Governed by design. Cause of. Mimetic, of butterflies. Governed by design. Mimetic, of plants. In colours of insects. Transmission of. Analogical. Darwin studies the causes of.

'VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION,' work on. Publication of. Reviewed in the "Nation". Russian edition. Second edition. Reviewed in the "Pall Mall Gazette". Reviewed in the "Gardeners' Chronicle". Reviewed in the "Athenaeum". Reviewed in the 'Zoological Record.' American edition.

VARIETIES, production of. And species, collecting facts about.

'VESTIGES OF CREATION' read by Darwin. Huxley on.

VINES, S.H., letter to.

VIRCHOW connects the descent of man with socialism.

VISUALISING, questions and answers on the faculty of.

VIVISECTION.

WAGNER, Moritz, criticised by A. Weismann. Letters to.

WAGNER, R., mentioned.

WALLACE, A.R., sends essay to Darwin. Letters to. Essay on variation. His 'Zoological Geography.' Reviews the 'Descent of Man.' Reviews Mivart's 'Lessons from Nature.' Pension granted to. Defends the 'Fertilisation of Orchids.'

WATKINS, Archdeacon, reminiscence of Darwin. Letter to.

WATSON, H.C., mentioned. On the 'Origin of Species.'

WEDGWOOD, Josiah, his character. Mentioned. Letter from.

WEDGWOOD, Miss Julia, on Erasmus Darwin, in "Spectator". Letter to.

WEISMANN, August, letters to.

WELLS, Dr., anticipates Darwin on natural selection.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY, Darwin buried in.

WHEWELL, Dr., mentioned. On the succession of species.

WHITLEY, C., letter to.

WIESNER, Julius, letter to.

WILBERFORCE, Bishop, criticises the 'Origin of Species.'

WILLIAM IV, coronation of.

WOODPECKER, Pampas, Darwin on.

WOOLNER, T., makes a bust of Darwin. Discovers infolded point of the human ear.

WOLLASTON MEDAL.

WOLLASTON's 'Insecta Maderensia.' His 'Variation of Species' referred to.

WORKS BY DARWIN, list of.

WRIGHT, Chauncey, letter from. Letters to. On his visit to Darwin at Down.

YARRELL, William, mentioned.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Darwin visits. Reads a paper at.

'ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. "BEAGLE",' arrangement for publication.

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