INDEX. 



361 



Malay Archipelago, Wallace's ' Zoo- 

 logical Geography' of the, '-'-40. 



Malays, expression in. the, 286. 



Malthus on Population, 42, 200. 



Malvern, Hydropathic treatment at, 

 41, 1(39. 



Mammalia, fossil from South America, 

 150. 



Man, descent of, 49 ; objections to dis- 

 cussing origin of, 1 94 ; brain of, and 

 that of the gorilla, 250; influence of 

 sexual selection uuon the races of, 

 286 ; work on, 28-3.* 



Marriage, 32, 156. 



Mathematics, difficulties with, 114; 

 distaste for the study of, 18. 



Matthew, Patrick, claim of priority 

 in the theory of Natural Selection, 

 245. 



' Medico-Chirurerical Review,' review 

 of the ' Origin' in the, by W. B. 

 Carpenter, 244. 



Mellersh, Admiral, reminiscences of 

 C. Darwin, 133. 



Mendoza, 144. 



Mental peculiarities, 52-7. 



Microscopes, 98; compound, 167. 



Mimicry, H. W. Bates on, 265. 



Minerals, collecting, 10. 



Miracles, 62. 



Mivart's ' Genesis of Species,' 291. 



Moor Park, Hydropathic establish- 

 ment at, 43. 



water-cure at, 195, 



Moore, Dr. xsorman, treatment by, 347. 



Mormodes, 325. 



Moths, white, Mr. Weir's observations 

 on, 285. 



Motley, meeting with, 38. 



Mould, formation of, by the agency 

 of Earthworms, paper on the, 34, 

 52 ; publication of book on the, 301. 



' Mount,' the Shrewsbury, Charles 

 Darwin's birthplace, 2. 



Muller, Fritz, embryological re- 

 searches of, 46. 



, ' Fur Darwin,' 277 ; 'Facts and 



arguments for Darwin,' 277. 



Fritz, observations on branch- 



tendrils, 335. 



Hermann, 277 



on self-fertili- 

 sation of plants, 52 ; on Sprengel's 

 views as to cross-fertilisation, 3l8. 



Murray, John, criticisms on the Dar- 

 winian theory of coral formation, 

 298. 



Murray, John, letters to : relating to 

 the "publication of the ' Origin of 

 Species,' 211, 213, 216; on the re- 

 ception of the ' Origin ' in the 

 United States, 239 note; on the 



third edition of the ' Origin,' 259 ; 

 on critiques of the 'Descent of 

 Man,' 289 ; on the publication of 

 the 'Fertilisation of Orchids, 1 315, 

 327 ; on the publication of ' Climb- 

 ing Plants,' 335. 



Music, effects of, 53 ; fondness for, 82, 

 113 ; taste for, at Cambridge, 20. 



Mylodon, 150. 



Names of garden plants, difficulty of 

 obtaining, 327. 



Naples, Zoological Station, donation 

 of 100 to the, for apparatus, 310. 



Nash, Mrs., reminiscences of Mr. Dar- 

 win, 92. 



Natural History, early taste for, 6. 



selection, 174, 201. 



belief in, founded on general 



considerations, 273; H. C. Watson 

 on, 177 ; priority in the theory of, 

 claimed by Mr. Patrick Matthew, 

 245 ; Sedgwick on, 228. 



Naturalists, list of, who had adopted 

 the theory in March, 1860, 243. 



Naturalist's Voyage, 179. 



' Nature,' review in, 335. 



" Nervous system of" Drosera, 241. 



Newton, Prof. A., letter to, 283. 



Newton's ' Law of Gravitation,' objec- 

 tions raised by Leibnitz to, 242. 



Nicknames on board the Beagle, 133. 



Is itrogenous compounds, detection of, 

 by the leaves of Drosera, 340. 



' Nomenclator,' 342; endowment by 

 Mr. Darwin, 342; plan of the, 343. 



Nomenclature, need of reform in, 168. 



Nonconformist, review of the 'De- 

 scent of Man ' in the, 289. 



' North British Beview,' review of the 

 ' Origin ' in the, 248, 290. 



North Wales, tours through, 15; tour 

 in, 34 ; visit to, with Sedgwick, 25 ; 

 visit to, in 1869, 289. 



Nose, objections to shape of, 27. 



Novels, liking for, 53, 82. 



Nuptial dress of animals, 2S5. 



Observation - , methods of, 100, 101. 



power of, 55. 



Old Testament, Darwinian theory 

 contained in the, 44. 



Oliver, Prof, approved of the work 

 on the 'Fertilisation of Orchids,' 

 327. 



Orchids, fertilisation of, bearing of 

 the, on the theory of Natural Selec- 

 tion, 315 ; fertilisation of, work on 

 the, 259 ; homologies of, 323 ; study 

 of, 322; pleasure of investigating, 

 329. 



