INDEX. 



551 



Coal, discussion on submarine, i. 

 324-327. 



Cohn, Prof., describes a visit to 

 Darwin, ii. 400. 



Colenso, Bishop, his ' Pentateuch 

 and the Book of Joshua,' ii. 181. 



Collecting, Darwin on, ii. l8g; but- 

 terflies, 295. 



Collier, John, paints Darwin's por- 

 trait, ii. 399. 



Colors of insects, ii. 275, 276, 317. 



Continental extension, i. 431-436 ; 

 Darwin's reasons against, 467. 



Continents, permanence of, ii. 422. 



Cope, E. D., Darwin on his theory 

 of acceleration, ii. 333. 



Copley medal presented to Darwin, 

 ii. 212. 



'Coral Reefs,' at work upon, i. 270 ; 

 opinions on, 292 ; criticised by 

 Semper, ii. 359 ; Darwin's answer 

 to Semper, 360 ; Darwin on Mur- 

 ray's criticisms of, 361 ; second 

 edition, 359. 



Crawford, John, reviews the * Origin 

 of Species,' ii. 32. 



Creative power, ii. 6. 



' Creed of Science,' read by Darwin, 

 i. 284. 



Cresy, E., letter to, ii. 491. 



Cricic, W. D., communicates to Dar- 

 win a mode of dispersal of bivalve 

 shells, ii. 427. 



Cutting edges of books, Darwin on, 

 ii. 220. 



Dana, Prof., sends Darwin * Geology* 

 of U. S. Expedition,' i. 342. 



Dareste, Camille, letter to, ii. 192. 



Darwin family, i. 1-24. 



Darwin, Annie, Darwin's account of, 

 i. 109 ; death of, 348. 



Darwin, Miss C, letter to, i. 217. 



Darwin, Catherine, letters to, i. 223, 

 228. 



Darwin, Charles (1758-1778), stud- 

 ies medicine at Edinburgh, i. 7 ; 

 young man of great promise, 7. 



Darwin, Charles Robert (1S09-1882), 

 table of relationship, i. 5 ; ances- 

 tors, 1-24 ; personal characteris- 

 tics as traced from his forefathers, 

 4 ; love and respect for his father's 

 memory, 10 ; his affection for his 

 brother Erasmus, 20 ; autobiog- i 



raphy, 25-86 ; mother dies, 26 ; 

 taste for natural history, 26 ; 

 school-boy experiences, 27 ; hu- 

 mane disposition toward animals, 



28, 142 ; ii. 377 ; goes to Dr. But- 

 ler's school at Shrewsbury, 18 18, 

 i. 28 ; taste for long, solitary walks, 

 29 ; inability to master a language, 



29, 103 ; leaves school with strong 

 and diversified tastes, 30 ; fond- 

 ness for poetry in early life, 30 ; 

 a wish to travel first roused by 

 reading ' Wonders of the World,' 

 31 ; fondness for shooting, 31, 37, 

 53 ; collects minerals and becomes 

 interested in insects and birds, 31 ; 

 studies chemistry, 32 ; goes to Ed- 

 inburgh University, 1825, and at- 

 tends medical lectures, 32 ; col- 

 lects and dissects marine animals, 

 34 ; attends meetings of the Plin- 

 ian Royal Medical and Wernerian 

 societies, 35 ; attends lectures on 

 geology and zoology, 36 ; meets 

 Sir J. Mackintosh, 38 ; spends 

 three years at Cambridge study- 

 ing for the ministry, 39 ; phren- 

 ological characteristics, 39 ; reads 

 Paley with delight, 41 ; attends 

 Henslow's lectures on botany, 

 41 ; his taste for pictures and 

 music, 42, 81, loi, I46 ; his inter- 

 est in entomology, 43, 148-157 ; 

 friendship of Prof. Henslow and 

 its influence upon his career, 44 ; 

 meets Dr. Whewell, 46 ; reads 

 Humboldt's * Personal Narrative ' 

 and Herschel's ' Introduction to 

 the Study of Natural History,' 

 47 ; begins the study of geology, 

 47 ; field-work in North Wales, 

 48, 58, 272 ; voyage of the Beagle, 

 49-56 ; receives a proposal to sail 

 in the Beagle, 49 ; starts for Cam- 

 bridge and thence to London, 50 ; 

 ' voyage of the Beagle the most 

 important event in my life,' 51 ; 

 sails in the Beagle, 53 ; his letters 

 read before the Philosophical So- 

 ciety of Cambridge, 55 ; returns 

 to England, 56 ; begins his ' Jour- 

 nal of Travels,' 56 ; takes lodg- 

 ings in London, 56 ; begins pre- 

 paring MS. for his ' Geological 

 Observations,' 56 ; arranges fov 



