LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



Charles Darwin, 1881. From a photograph by Elliott and Fry 



Frontispiece 



Charles Darwin's house at Down, 1880. From a water-colour painting 

 by Albert Goodwin in possession of Horace Darwin. Mr and 

 Mrs Darwin are seated in the verandah, their grandchild Bernard 

 Darwin stands in front, and " Polly " is trotting towards them, 



to face p. 76 



The Village of Down. From a photograph by Mr G. W. Smith 



to face p. 104 



Erasmus Alvey Darwin. From a photograph by Mr K. Tait 



to face p. 146 



Mrs Charles Darwin and her son Leonard, about 1853. From a 

 photograph by Maull and Fox . . . to face p. 154 



Polly, the Ur-hund. A pen-and-ink sketch by Mr Huxley 



to face p. 198 



Mrs Charles Darwin, 1881. From a photograph by Barraud 



to face p. 246 



Mrs Charles Darwin, aged 88. From a photograph by Miss M. J. 

 Shaen, taken in the drawing-room at Down . to face p. 310 



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