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. 189; 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. 



Crick, 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 (1809-1882), 

 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, 1818, 

 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, 101, 1^,6 ; 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 foi 



