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Mr. Darwin's later works, besides those which we have already 

 named, which are for the most part monographs embodying facts and 

 researches into the manner in which different functions of animals and 

 plants are developed, include "The Various Contrivances by which 

 Orchids are fertilized by Insects " (1862) ; " The Movements and Hab- 

 its of Climbing Plants " (18G5) ; " The Expression of the Emotions 

 in Man and Animals" (1872) ; "Insectivorous Plants" (1875) ; "The 

 Effects of Cross and Self Fertilization in the Vegetable Kingdom " 

 (1876) ; " The Different Forms of Flowers and Plants of the Same 

 Species" (1877); "The Power of Movement in Plants" (1881); "The 

 Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms, with 

 Observations on their Habits" (1882). All of these works have been 

 received with interest by the public, and have been fully noticed in 

 our pages. The works which have been called forth by the influence 

 of Mr. Darwin's writings are catalogued in a German pamphlet of 

 thirty-six octavo pages, containing the names of three hundred and 

 twelve authors. 



Mr. Darwin was subject to frequent sudden attacks of illness which 

 laid him prostrate for days together. The periods of convalescence 

 were made useful for observations requiring almost constant atten- 

 tion ; and such observations, made in the sick-room, are referred to 

 in his " Climbing Plants." His tastes were almost wholly scientific. 

 For sculpture or pottery, or even for drawing, except as an aid to bo- 

 tanical and zoological pursuits, he cared very little, his collection of 

 pictures being confined to a portrait of old Dr. Darwin and one of 

 Josiah Wedgwood, hanging in his dining-room, and sketches of Sir 

 Joseph Hooker and Professor Huxley in his study. 



Commenting on Mr. Darwin's methods of investigation and pres- 

 entation, " Nature " remarks in a review of one of his books, that, in 

 turning over its pages, " one is almost distracted from the intrinsic 

 interest of the facts and speculations by the sagacity with which the 

 research is carried on, and the skill with which the results are mar- 

 shaled for our information. It is peculiarly worthy of notice . . . how 

 the reader is allowed, in studying Mr. Darwin's pages, to form his 

 own hypothesis in explanation of the facts, only to be compelled, in due 

 course, as the narrative proceeds, to admit that such hypotheses are 

 utterly untenable." Scientific candor is mentioned as one of his prom- 

 inent qualities by Mr. J. TV. Judd, who says that, " like his teacher 

 and friend, the late Sir Charles Lyell, he never forgets in his discus- 

 sions to look at all sides of the questions before him, and to give the 

 fullest expression and weight, alike to the difficulties which he him- 

 self detects, and to arguments which opponents may have advanced." 

 This quality is well illustrated in the successive editions of the " Ori- 

 gin of Species," where the author's changes or modifications of views 

 in particular points are frequently acknowledged and recorded. 



