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long after years, when far from the rolling billows which had 

 formerly tormented him, his old enemy would return as though 

 he were again at sea. In 1839 was published his account of the 

 expedition, the well-known and even now popular, ' Journal of a 

 Naturalist.' It is needless to refer to that which we suppose has 

 been perused by all our readers. 



The first really original work of Mr. Darwin's was published 

 in 1842, being his ' Structure and Distribution of Coral Eeefs.' 

 This was followed at intervals by other volumes, all of which are 

 standard works. Amongst these was a paper, soon after his 

 return, * On the Formation of Vegetable Mould,' from observa- 

 tions commenced some time previously, and these culminated in 

 one of his latest published works on ' Earthworms,' which caused 

 at the time of its issue so much interest, even in circles who take 

 little heed of scientific matters. 



The great work amongst the many which have appeared from 

 the industrious mind of this great author, and the one by which 

 he will be best known in posterity, is his ' Origin of Species by 

 means of Natural Selection.' When first issued it was received 

 by many with positive horror, and was generally decried, but 

 happily Mr. Darwin lived long enough to see his masterpiece 

 the accepted doctrine amongst naturalists generally, and his 

 followers, from being counted by tens, to be enumerated by tens 

 of thousands, all over the civilised world. It is impossible to 

 know how far the influence of the train of thought propounded 

 in that volume has extended. New forms and methods of study 

 in Natural Sciences emanated. Students became more methodical, 

 and with a more settled plan in their work. The embryology of 

 various animals has become of the utmost interest, and we may 

 say generally that the teachings of Darwin have directly or 

 indirectly influenced the present system of all scientific work. 



To the readers of this magazine some of his works especially 

 appeal, such as his ' Insectivorous Plants,' ' Fertilisation of 

 Orchids,' &c. 



After the protracted voyage of discovery, which was the great 

 event in an otherwise quiet life, and which was the cause of 

 a long period of broken health and patient suffering, Mr. Darwin 

 settled at Do'svn, leading the life of a country squire to all out- 

 ward appearance. He was a magistrate of the county of Kent. 

 Shortly before taking up his residence at Down he married his 



