OUTLINE OF CHARLES DARWIN'S LIFE 



1;ASI,<< ON HIS DlAKY, DATE.',- A" T 1838 



References to the Journals in which . Darwin's paper- 

 published will be found in his Life and Letters III., App II. We are 

 greatly indebted to Mr. C. F. Cox, of N ention 

 to mistakes in the Appendix, and we take this opport. of correcting 

 them. 



Appendix n., List ii. Mr. Romanes spoke on Mr. Darwin's essay 

 on Instinct at a meeting of the Linnean Society, Dec. -"883, and 



some account of it is given in Nature of the same date. But it was not 

 published by the Linnean Society. 



Appendix n., List iii. " Origin of saliferous deposits. Salt lakes of 

 Patagonia and La Plata" '1838,. This is the heading of an extract from 

 Darwin's volume on South America reprinted in the Quarterly Journal 

 of the Geological Society ', Vol. II., Pt. ii., Miscellanea, pp. 127-8, i_ 



The paper on " Analogy of the Structure of some Volcanic Rocks, 

 etc.," was published in 1845, not in 1851. 



A paper " On the Fertilisation of British Orchids by Insect Agency,'"' 

 in the Entomologists Weekly Intelligencer viii., and Gard. Chron., 

 June 9th, 1860, should be inserted in the bibliography. 



1809. Feb. 1 2th: Born at Shrewsbu: 



1817. Death of his mother. 



1818. Went to Shrewsbury School. 



1825. Left Shrewsbury School. 



1826. Oct. : Went to Edinburgh University. Read r 



papers before the Plinian Society of Edinbur 

 "at the close of 1826 or early in 1827." 



1827. Entered at Christ's College, Cambridge. 



1828. Began residence at Cambridge. 



1831. Jan. : Passed his examination for B.A., and kept the 



two following terms. 

 Aug. : Geological tour with Sedgwick. 

 Sept. i ith : Went to Plymouth to see the Beagle. 

 Oct. 2nd : "Took leave of my home." 



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