DARWIN. 53 



Wedgwood, daughter of his uncle Josiah Wedgwood : 

 a union which, though consanguineous, proved in the 

 highest degree congenial and fortunate. In succeeding 

 years a numerous family of sons and daughters surrounded 

 the happy parents. After considerable delays by the 

 Admiralty, though it had long been ready, the Journal 

 appeared, in 1839, as the third volume of Fitzroy's 

 " Voyages of The Adventure and Beagle." The Quarterly 

 Revieiv (Ixv. 224) said that there could be no two opinions 

 of its merits. " We find ample materials for deep think- 

 ing ; we have the vivid description that fills the mind's 

 eye with brighter pictures than painter can present, and 

 the charm arising from the freshness of heart which is 

 thrown over these virgin pages of a strong intellectual 

 man, and an acute and deep observer." Its merits, 

 however, were somewhat slow to become known to the 

 general public, owing to the original expensive form of 

 publication ; and it was not till 1845, when the second and 

 enlarged edition appeared as "The Journal of Researches," 

 that the popular ear was gained. Later, under the title, 

 " A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World," the book has 

 become very widely known and appreciated. 



The publication of " The Zoology of the Voyage of 

 The Beagle? commenced in 1838, under Darwin's super- 

 intendence, gave a fuller view of the acquisitions to 

 natural history which had been made than had previously 

 been possible. The Treasury, acting on the representa- 

 tions of the presidents of the Linnean, Zoological, and 

 Geological Societies, as well as of the naturalist himself, 

 in 1837 made a grant of ^"1000 towards the expenses of 

 publication of these memoirs. Owen's description of the 



