xii Contents. 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PACK 



DARWIN THE NATURALIST ... ' 2 3 



Ambition of Darwin Future Work Decided upon Scien- 

 tific Friends Papers Read before Various Societies 

 Experiments with Earthworms Marriage of Darwin 

 Methods of Work Various Publications. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



HOME LIFE 131 



Appearance of Darwin Continued Ill-Health Daily 

 Habits Change in Musical and Literary Tastes Affection 

 for His Children. 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE WORK OF A LIFE 137 



Early Papers Publications by Scientific Societies "The 

 Formation of Mould" "The Cirripedia" The Wallace 

 Incident Collecting Material for the "Origin of Species'" 

 Success of the Work Time Spent in Authorship Re- 

 ligionFinal Work and Death. 



CHAPTER XVL 



HONOURS OF A LIFETIME 149 



Membership in Societies The Institute of France Prizes, 

 Medals, Degrees, Portraits, Gifts, etc. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



THE DARWIN FAMILY . . . . . J5<> 



The First Known Darwin The Head of the Family- 

 Natural- History Tastes Poets, Doctors, and Military Men 

 Erasmus Darwin Carlyle's Description of Erasmus 

 Evidences of Genius. 



