INDEX. 



343 



MOORE. 



Moore, Dr. Norman, treatmont by, 

 327. 



Mormodes, 306. 



Moths, white, Mr. Weir's observa- 

 tions on, 270. 



Motley, meeting with, 36. 



Mould, formation of, by the agency 

 of Earthworms, paper on the, 

 82, 49; publication of book on 

 the, 285. 



'Mount,' the Shrewsbury, Charles 

 Darwin's birthplace, 2. 



Miiller, Fritz, embryological re- 

 searches of, 43. 



, ■ Fur Darwin,' 262 ; ' Facts 



and arguments for Darwin,' 262. 

 Fritz, observations on 



branch-tendrils, 315. 



Hermann, 262 ; on self- 



fertilisation of plants, 48; on 

 Sprengel's views as to cross- 

 fertilisation, 300. 



Murray, John, criticisms on the 

 Darwinian theory of coral forma- 

 tion, 282. 



Murray, John, letters to : — relating 

 to the publication of the ' Origin 

 of Species,' 199, 201, 204 ; on the 

 reception of the ' Origin ' in the 

 United States, 226 note : on the 

 third edition of the * Origin,' 245 ; 

 on critiques of the • Descent of 

 Man,' 273 ; on the publication of 

 the 4 Fertilisation of Orchids,' 297, 

 308 ; on the publication of ' Climb- 

 ing Plants,' 315. 



Music, effects of, 50 ; fondness for, 

 77, 107 ; taste for, at Cambridge, 

 19. 



Mylodon, 142. 



Names of garden plants, difficulty 

 of obtaining, 308. 



Naples, Zoological Station, dona- 

 tion of £100 to the, for apparatus, 

 293. 



Nash, Mrs., reminiscences of Mr. 

 Darwin, 87. 



Natural History, early taste for, 6. 



selection, 165, 190. 



belief in, founded on gene- 

 ral considerations, 258; H. O. 

 Watson on, 168; priority in the 



ORIGIN. 



theory of, claimed by Mr. Patrick 

 Matthew, 232; Sedgwick on, 

 216. 



Naturalists, list of, who had adopted 

 the theory in March, I860.. 230. 



Naturalist* $ Voyage, 170. 



'Nature,' review m, 315. 



"Nervous system of" Drosera, 321. 



Newton, Prof. A., letter to, 268. 



Newton's ' Law of Gravitation,' ob- 

 jections raised by Leibnitz to, 

 229. 



Nicknames on board the Beagle. 

 126. 



Nitrogenous compounds, detection 

 of, by the leaves of Drosera, 320. 



' Nomenclator,' 322 ; endowment 

 by Mr. Darwin, 322 ; plan of the, 

 323. 



Nomenclature, need of reform in, 

 159. 



Nonconformist, review of the ' De- 

 scent of Man ■ in the, 273. 



'North British Keview,' review of 

 the ' Origin ' in the, 235, 274. 



North Wales, tours through, 15; 

 tour in, 32 ; visit to, with Sedg- 

 wick, 24 ; visit to, in 1869 .. 273. 



Nose, objection to shape of, 26. 



Novels, liking for, 50, 77, 



Nuptial dress of animals, 270. 



Observation, methods of, 94, 95. 



power of, 52. 



Old Testament, Darwinian theory 



contained in the, 42. 

 Oliver, Prof., approval of the work 



on the ■ Fertilisation of Orchids,' 



308. 

 Orchids, fertilisation of, bearing of 



the, on the theory of Natural 



Selection, 297; fertilisation of, 



work on the, 245 ; homologies of, 



304; study of , 303, 304 ; pleasure 



of investigating, 310. 

 Orchis pyramidalis, adaptation in, 



303. 

 Orders, thoughts of taking, 108. 

 Organs, rudimentary, comparison 



of, with unsounded letters in 



words, 208. 

 Origin of Species, first notes on the, 



31 ; investigations upon the, 39- 



