TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



CHAP. PAGE 



I. — The Darwins 1 



II. — Autobiography 



III. — Religion 55 



IV. — Reminiscences (66 



V. — Cambridge Life — The Appointment to the Beagle: 



1828-1831 l&ft 



VI.— The Voyage: 1831-1836 ... .124 



VII.— London and Cambridge: 1836-1842. . . . (JA& 



VIII.— Life at Down : 1842-1854 150 



IX.— The Foundations of the Origin of Species : 1831-1844 10~ 

 X.— The Growth of the Origin of Species : 1843-1858 . ( 173 

 XI. — The Writing of the Origin of Species, June 1858, to 



November 1859. . . . . . .185 



XII. — The Publication of the Origin of Species, October to 



December 1859 206 



XIII. — The Origin of Species — Reviews and Criticisms — Ad- 

 hesions and Attacks : 1860 223 



XIV.— The Spread of Evolution: 1861-1871 . . .245 

 XV. — Miscellanea — Revival of Geological Work — The Vivi- 

 section Question — Honours ..... 281 



XVI.— The Fertilisation of Flowers 297 



XVII. — Climbing Plants — Power of Movement in Plants — 



Insectivorous Plants— Kew Index of Plant Names . i31£ y 

 XVIII.— Conclusion flfiPj 



APPENDICES. 



APPENDIX 



I. — The Funeral in Westminster Abbey. . . . 329 



II.— Portraits 331 



Index .......... 333 



