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INDEX. 



FORMATION. 



* Formation of Vegetable Mould, 

 through the action of Worms,' 

 publication of the, 49, 285 ; un- 

 expected success of the, 285. 



Fossil bones, given to the College 

 of Surgeons, 142. 



Fox, Rev. William Darwin, 21 ; 

 letters to, 1 10-113, 114, 181 ; from 

 Botofogo Bay, 132; in 1836-1842: 

 143, 148, 149; on the house at 

 Down, 150 ; on their respective 

 families, 160 ; on family matters, 

 194 ; on the progress of the work, 

 181, 183, 196 ; on the award of 

 the Copley Medal, 259. 



France and Germany, contrast of 

 progress of theory in, 261. 



Fremantle, Mr., on the Oxford 

 meeting of the British Associa- 

 tion, 238. 



French, translation of the * Origin,' 

 246; third edition of the, pub- 

 lished, 275. 



■ translation of the ■ Origin ' 



from the fifth English edition, 

 arrangements for the, 275. 



Fumaria, 301. 



Funeral in Westminster Abbey, 329. 



Galapagos, 29. 



Galton, Francis, note to, on the 

 life of Erasmus Darwin, 287. 



Gardeners' Chronicle, review of the 

 • Origin ■ in the, 224 ; Mr. Patrick 

 Matthew's claim of priority in 

 the, 232 ; review of the ' Fertili- 

 sation of Orchids,' in the, 309. 



Geikie, Prof. Archibald, notes on 

 the work on Coral Reefs, 152, 

 182 ; notes on the work on Vol- 

 canic Islands, 153; on Darwin's 

 theory of the parallel roads of 

 Glen Roy, 145, 



Geoffrey St. Hilaire, 207. 



1 Geological Observations on South 

 America,' 38 ; publication of the, 

 156. 



' Geological Observations on Vol- 

 canic Islands,' publication of the, 

 152 ; Prof. Geikie's notes on the, 

 153. 



Geological Society, secretaryship of 

 the, 31, 144. 



Geological work in the Andes, 136. 

 1 Geologist,' review of the ' Origin ' 



in the, 250. 

 Geology, commencement of the 



study of. 24, 113 ; lectures on, 



in Edinburgh, 14 ; predilection 



for, 134, 135 ; study of, during 



the Beagle's voyage, 27. 

 German [translation of the * Origin 



of Species,' 247. 

 Germany, Hackel's influence in the 



spread of Darwinism, 262. 

 , photograph-album received 



from, 293. 



-, reception of Darwinistio 



views in, 247. 



and France, contrast of pro- 



gress of theory in, 261. 



Glacial period, influence of the, on 

 distribution, 43. 



Glacier action in North Wales, 32. 



Glands, sticky, of the pollinia, 304. 



Glen Roy, visit to, and paper on, 

 31 ; expedition to, 145. 



Glo88otherium, 142. 



Glutton Club, 107. 



Gorilla, brain of, compared with 

 that of man, 237. 



Gower Street, Upper, residence in, 

 32, 148. 



Graham, W., letter to, 63. 



Grant, Dr. R. E., 12 ; an evolutionist, 

 169. 



Gravity, light, &c, acting as stimuli, 

 318. 



Gray, Dr. Asa, comparison of rain 

 drops and variations, 62; letter 

 from, to J. D. Hooker, on the 

 1 Origin of Species,' 224 ; articles 

 in the * Atlantic Monthly,' 248 ; 

 Darwiniana,' 248 ; on the aphor- 

 ism, "Nature abhors close fertili- 

 sation," 301 ; " Note on the coiling 

 of the Tendrils of Plants," 313. 



, letters to: on Design 



in Nature, 63; with abstract of 

 the theory of the 'Origin of 

 Species,' 188 ; sending him the 

 • Origin of Species,' 209 ; suggest- 

 ing an American edition, 225 ; on 

 Sedgwick's and Picteta reviews, 

 231; on notices in the 'North 

 British' and 'Edinburgh' Re- 



