INDEX 



167 



Evolution, in organic and in- 

 organic world, 14 ; how ideas 

 originated, 15-16, 82, 83; 

 revolution effected by, 1, 32, 

 159; causes of opposition to, 

 20, 21, 155 ; opposition of 

 Sedgwick and Whewell, 83 ; 

 support of Herschel, 83 



Euclid, influence on Darwin, 108 



FARADAY, M., assistance given to 

 Lyell by, 47 



FITTON, Dr, on supposed in- 

 debtedness of Hutton to Gene- 

 relli, 18; and of Lyell to Hutton, 

 18 ; on causes of Button's 

 failure to reform geology, 23, 

 25 ; his attitude towards Lyell's 

 views, 30, 71 



Fluvialists, 58 



FORBES, DAVID, intercourse with 

 Darwin, 119 



Fossil bones, discovery of, in 

 South America first suggests 

 to Darwin mutability of species, 

 102 



Foundations of the Origin of 

 Species, 123 



FRAZBR, J. G., on legends of 

 creation, 5, 7 



Galapagos Islands, influence of 

 study of fauna on Darwin, 104 



GKNERELLI, advocacy of Evolu- 

 tion, 17, 20 



Geographical distribution, Lyell 

 on, 65 ; Wallace on, 146 



Geological Society, foundation of, 

 25 ; early history, 26 ; con- 

 nexion of Lyell with, 44, 71 : 

 of Darwin, 100, 105 : of Scrope, 

 50 ; discussions on rival doc- 



trines at, 24, 25, 29, 30, 60, 76, 

 77, 105 



Geology, Darwin's interest in, 

 96, 99, 124, 147, 158 



GIBBON, his influence on Lyell, 

 52, 67 



GREENODGH, G. B., founds Geo- 

 logical Society and first Presi- 

 dent, 26 ; his strong support of 

 Wernerianism, 26, 29 



GROVE, K., suggests term 'Con- 

 tinuity,' 23 



GUNTHER, Dr, his estimate of 

 number of species of animals, 

 10 



HAECKEL, E., credits Lyell with 

 early conviction of Evolution, 

 84 ' 



HENSLOW, J. S., friendship for 

 and help of Darwin, 97, 98, 99 ; 

 opposition to Evolution, 27, 

 72 



Heredity, early recognition of im- 

 portance, 9 



HERSCHEL, J., belief in Evolution, 

 12, 71 ; correspondence with 

 Lyell, 83, 85, 183 



HOFP, C. VON, influence of his 

 works on Lyell, 49 



HOOKER, J. D., friendship with 

 Lyell's father, 126 ; voyage to 

 Antarctic with Boss, 126 ; in- 

 troduction to Darwin, 126 ; 

 correspondence with, 127 ; as- 

 sistance to Darwin, 126 ; advice 

 to, 129 ; on origin of Australian 

 flora, 139 ; friendship with 

 Lyell, 79, 126 



BUTTON, his Theory of the Earth, 

 17,18, 19, 20; rarity of the book, 

 30 ; small influence of, 21 ; sup- 



