CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE BOY DARWIN 



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I 



The First Paper — Taste for Natural History — Birthplace — 

 Early School-Days — Religious Nature — Books ^^^lich Influ- 

 enced Him — Associates — Introduction to Scientific Men — 

 Taste for Sport. 



CHAPTER II. 



COLLEGE DAYS 



College Life — Thoughts of Entering the Church — A Poor 

 Mathematician — Beetle Collecting — First Appearance in 

 Print — Associations w-ith Eminent Men — Scientific Reading 

 — Favourite Authors — Interest in Geology. 



CHAPTER III. 



THE YOUNG NATURALIST I9 



The BeagU — An Offer of Importance — The Young Natural- 

 ist — The Voyage — Powers of Obser\ation — Cape Verd 

 Islands — Tours of Investigation — Dust-Showers — Wonderful 

 Phenomena — Geological Studies — St. Paul's Rocks — Fernan- 

 do de Noronha. 



