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INDEX. 



publication of * Zoology of the 

 Voyage of the Beagle' 56 : opens 

 first note-book of ' Origin of Spe- 

 cies,' 56 ; meets I^yell and Robert 

 Brown, 56; marries, 57, 269; works 

 on his ' Coral Reefs,' 58 ; reads 

 papers before Geological Society, 

 58 , acts as secretary of the Geo- 

 logical Society, 64 ; residence at 

 Down, 64-86 ; his absorption in 

 science, 65 ; ii. 273, 352 ; his pub- 

 lications, i. 65 ; * Geological Ob- 

 servations ' published, 65 ; success 

 of the ' Journal of Researches,* 



65 ; begins work on ' Cirripedia,' 



66 ; visits to water-cure establish- 

 ments, 66, 108, 340, 449 ; work 

 on the ' Origin of Species,' 67, 70 ; 

 reads ' Malthus on Population,' 

 68 ; begins notes on ' Variation 

 of Animals and Plants under Do- 

 mestication,' 73 ; becomes inter- 

 ested in cross-fertilisation of flow- 

 ers, 73 ; publishes papers on di- 

 morphic and trimorphic plants, 



74 ; publishes ' Descent of Man,' 



75 ; first child born, 76, 270 ; pub- 

 lishes translation and sketch of 

 ' Life of Erasmus Darwin,' 78 ; 

 methods of work, 80, 121, 129- 

 131 ; ii, 491 ; mental qualities, i. 

 81-86; fond of novel reading, 81, 

 102 ; a good observer, 83 ; habits 

 and personal appearance, 87-102 ; 

 ill health, 89, 105, 135, 243, 

 318; ii. 186, 211, 215, 526-529; 

 fondness for dogs, i. 91; cor- 

 respondence, 97 ; business hab- 

 its, 98 ; scientific reading, 103 ; 

 wide interest in science, 104 ; 

 journals of daily events, 106 ; holi- 

 days, 106 ; relation to his family 

 and friends, 109, 119 ; his account 

 of his little daughter Annie, 109- 

 III ; how he brought up his chil- 

 dren, III; manner towards serv- 

 ants, 115 ; as a host, 115; modesty, 

 117 ; not quick at argument, 117 ; 

 intercourse with strangers, 120 ; 

 use of simple methods and few 

 instruments, 122 ; perseverance, 

 125 ; theorizing power, 126 ; books 

 used only as tools, 127 ; use of 

 note-books and portfolios, 128 ; 

 courteous tone toward his reader. 



132 ; illustration of his books, 

 132 ; consideration for other au- 

 thors, 133 ; his wife's tender care, 

 135 ; Cambridge life, 139-159 ; 

 his character, 143, 195 ; ii. 



236 ; intention of going into the 

 church, i. 146 ; appointment to 

 the Beagle, 160-190 ; the voyage, 

 191-242 ; life at sea, 194-199, 

 205 ; views on slavery, 218, 220 ; 

 excursion across the Andes, 231 ; 

 meets Sir J. Herschel, 239 ; reach- 

 es home, 240 ; life at London 

 and Cambridge, 1836-1842, 243- 

 273 ; residence at Cambridge, 249 ; 

 works on his ' Journal of Research- 

 es,' 250 ; appointed secretary of 

 Geological Society, 258 ; visits 

 Glen Roy, 260, 263 ; admiration 

 for Lyell's ' Elements,' 262 ; in- 

 creasing ill-health, 270 ; at work 

 on ' Coral Reefs,' 270 ; his re- 

 ligious views, 274-286 ; life at 

 Down, 1842-1854, 287-362 ; rea- 

 sons for leaving London, 288 ; 

 early impressions of Down, 290 ; 

 theory of coral islands, 292 ; time 

 spent on geological books, 1842- 

 1S54, 296 ; purchases farm in Lin- 

 colnshire, 311 ; dines with Lord 

 Mahon, 344 ; daughter Annie dies, 

 348 ; his children, 348 ; growth 

 of views on ' Origin of Species,' 

 363-425 ; plan for publishing 

 ' Sketch of 1844,' in case of his 

 sudden death, 377 ; pigeon fancy- 

 ing enterprise, 411 ; collecting 

 plants, 411 ; general acceptance 

 of his work, 533 ; publishes 'Ori- 

 gin of Species,' ii, I ; elected corre- 

 spondent of the Academy of Nat- 

 ural Sciences (Philadelphia), 100 ; 

 his views on the civil war in the 

 United States, 166, 169, 174, 177, 

 179, 195 ; at Bournemouth, 175 ; 

 his view of Lyell's ' Antiquity of 

 Man,' 193, 196, 198 ; receives the 

 Copley medal, 212 ; elected to 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, 218 ; 

 his conscientiousness irtargument, 



237 ; his intercourse with horti- 

 culturists and stock-raisers, 240 ; 

 elected to the Royal Society of 

 Holland, 342 ; made a knight of 

 the Prussian order Pour le Merite, 



