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21, 23, 24; letter to Josiah Wedg- 

 wood, i. 271; letters to his wife, ii. 

 53, 58, 60, 67, 68, 70, 86, 92, 93, 94, 

 103, 107, 116, 120, 171 



Darwin, Charles Waring, birth and 

 death of, ii. 162 



Darwin, Elizabeth, birth of, ii. 105 



Darwin, Dr Erasmus, i. 6, 107 n. 



Darwin, Erasmus Alvey (1804-1881), 

 i. 86; generous offer of help to 

 Harriet Martineau, ii. 58; stays at 

 Down, ii. 96; description of, ii. 146- 

 149; friendship with the Hensleigh 

 Wedgwoods, ii. 148, 149; at Fresh- 

 water, ii. 190; his death, ii. 247 



Letters to Airs Litchfield, ii. 203; 

 letter to Mrs Hensleigh Wedg- 

 wood, ii. 149 



Darwin, Erasmus (junior): birth of, 

 ii. 250; childhood, ii. 260, 261, 273 



Darwin, Francis: birth of, ii. 119; 

 marriage to Amy Ruck, ii. 217; 

 comes to live at Down, ii. 225; 

 second marriage, to Ellen Words- 

 worth Crofts, ii. 262 



Letter to Mrs Litchfield, ii. 2S9 



Darwin, George Howard: birth of, ii. 

 95; characteristics, ii. 144, 146; 

 Second Wrangler, ii. 187, 188; con- 

 gratulated by his father on his 

 work, ii. 224, 233; engagement to 

 Maud Dupuy, ii. 265 



Darwin, Gwendolen Mary, ii. 272, 276, 

 278, 288 



Darwin, Henrietta Emma. See Litch- 

 field, Mrs 



Darwin, Horace: birth of, ii. 140; 

 engagement and marriage to Ida 

 Farrer, ii. 238; head of Cambridge 

 Scientific Instrument Company, ii. 

 309 



Darwin, Leonard: birth of, ii. 126; 

 seriously ill, ii. 178; passed second 

 into Woolwich Academy, ii. 190 n., 

 191; goes to New Zealand, ii. 215, 

 217; Instructor in Chemistry at 

 Chatham, i. 226; his marriage to 

 Elizabeth Fraser, ii. 260; elected 

 M.P. for Lichfield, ii. 296-298; de- 

 feated at Lichfield election, ii. 306 

 n.; President of Geographical Sec- 

 tion of the British Association, ii. 

 312 n. 



Darwin, Mary Eleanor, birth and 

 death of, ii. 78 



Darwin, Mrs Charles (Emma Wedg- 

 wood): born May 2, 1808,^1; 

 childhood, i. 56, 58, 60; description 

 of, in youth, i. 61; education and 

 accomplishments, i. 61, 62; know- 



ledge of German, i. 62 n. ; first 

 visit to Paris, i. 113; goes to school 

 in Paris, i. 121; description of, by 

 Emma Allen, i. 134, 135; sent to 

 school,!. 141; stories for Sunday- 

 school, i. 142; her sisters' hair- 

 dresser, i. 155; confirmed, i. 160, 

 161; tour abroad, 166, 169-177; 

 affection for Madame Sismondi, i. 

 180, 212; goes to Geneva,!. 183-185; 

 description of, by Madame Sis- 

 mondi, i. 191, 192; return from 

 Geneva, i. 205, 206; her mother's 

 opinion of, i. 208, 216; account of 

 bazaar, i. 211; a " dragoness at 

 archery," i. 220; visit to the 

 Mackintoshes, i. 223; visit to Lon- 

 don, i. 238, 239; on the death of 

 Fanny Wedgwood, i. 250, 251 ; first 

 proposals, i. 255; a visit from 

 Charles Darwin, i. 272, 273; visits 

 the Giffords at Edinburgh, i. 275; 

 bribery to children, i. 277; ii. 81, 

 237, 278, 297; engagement to 

 Charles Darwin, ii. 1, 5-7; love of 

 plays, ii. 7, 180; her trousseau, ii. 

 17; her marriage, ii. 23, 26, 28; 

 arrival in London, ii. 26, 29-34; 

 portrait, ii. 31, 33; characteristics, 

 ii. 37; birth of her eldest child, ii. 

 44; sketch of her character, ii. 44- 

 49; description of, by Maria Edge- 

 worth, ii. 56; early life at Down, ii. 

 122; unable to go to her dying 

 child, ii. 132, 133; her great grief at 

 death of Annie, ii. 137, 139, 140; 

 stays in London, ii. 142; at Chob- 

 ham, ii. 154; at Leith Hill Place, 

 ii. 158, 159; family cares, ii. 163; 

 kindness to the unprosperous, ii. 

 163, 164, 267; enjoyment of country 

 pleasures, ii. 164; household man- 

 agement, ii. 165; her children's edu- 

 cation, ii. 172; her religious beliefs, 

 ii. 173-175; at Torquay, ii. 178; has 

 scarlet fever, ii. 178; sympathy with 

 Federals in U.S. Civil War, ii. 181; 

 her devotion to her husband, ii. 183, 

 251 -256 ; at a Philharmonic concert, 

 ii. 185; at Freshwater, ii. 190, 191; 

 ideas on Sunday observance, ii. 201 ; 

 at Cambridge for Charles Darwin's 

 honorary degree, ii. 230, 231; on 

 the Darwin pedigree, ii. 237, 238; 

 visits to Cambridge, ii. 240, 241, 

 248, 249; her devotion to Elizabeth 

 Wedgwood, ii. 242; her affection 

 for Bernard Darwin, ii. 245, 246; 

 widowhood, ii. 255-257; her varied 

 interests, ii. 255, 269; goes to live in 



