ABBOTT, F. E., letters to, on religious opinions, 59, 60.
Aberdeen, British Association Meeting at, 1859, 214.
Abstract (‘Origin of Species’), 203, 204, 205, 206, 208, 209.
Agassiz, Louis, Professor, letter to, sending him the ‘Origin of Species,’ 220; note on, and extract from letter to, 220, note; opinion of the book, 238; opposition to Darwin’s views, 248, note; Asa Gray on the opinions of, 257.
Agassiz, Alexander, Professor, letter to:—on coral reefs, 298.
Agnosticism, 59.
Ainsworth, William, 13.
Albums of photographs received from Germany and Holland, 310.
Algebra, distaste for the study of, 18.
Allfrey, Dr., treatment by, 347.
American edition of the ‘Origin,’ 239.
——— Civil War, the, 263.
Ammonia, salts of, behaviour of the leaves of Drosera towards, 340.
Andes, excursion across the, 144; Lyell on the slow rise of the, 162.
Animals, crossing of, 156.
‘Annals and Magazine of Natural History,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 240.
Ants, slave-making, 202.
Apocyneæ, twisting of shoots of, 333.
Apparatus, 98–100; purchase of, for the Zoological Station at Naples, 310.
Appletons’ American reprints of the ‘Origin,’ 248.
Ascension, 31.
‘Athenæum,’ letter to the, 273; article in the, 272; reply to the article, 273.
——— review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 223, 224; reviews in the, of Lyell’s ‘Antiquity of Man,’ and Huxley’s ‘Man’s Place in Nature,’267, 272; review of the ‘Variation of Animals and Plants’ in the, 273; review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’ in the, 327.
Athenæum Club, 155.
‘Atlantic Monthly,’ Asa Gray’s articles in the, 262.
Atolls, formation of, 298.
Audubon, 14.
‘Automata,’ 347.
Aveling, Dr., on C. Darwin’s religious views, 69, note.
BABBAGE and Carlyle, 38.
Bachelor of Arts, degree taken, 19.
Bär, Karl Ernest von, 225.
Bahia, forest scenery at, 139; letter to R. W. Darwin from, 135.
Barmouth, visit to, 112.
Bates, H. W., paper on mimetic butterflies, 265; Darwin’s opinion of, 265, note; ‘Naturalist on the Amazons,’ opinion of, 265; letter to:— on his ‘Insect-Fauna of the Amazons Valley,’ 265.
Beagle, correspondence relating to the appointment to the, 121–130.
———, equipment of the, 131; accommodation on board the, 132; officers and crew of the, 133, 134, 137; manner of life on board the, 132.
———, Zoology of the voyage of the, publication of the, 33.
Beans, stated to have grown on the wrong side of the pod, 55.
Bees, visits of, necessary for the impregnation of the Scarlet Bean, 319.
Bees’ cells, Sedgwick on, 229.
——— combs, 206.
Beetles, collecting, at Cambridge, &c., 21, 24, 112, 115, 205.
Bell, Professor Thomas, 149.
‘Bell-stone,’ Shrewsbury, an erratic boulder, 14.
Beneficence, Evidence of, 249.
Bentham, G., approval of the work on the fertilisation of orchids, 327.
———, letter to, on orchids, 323, 329.
Berkeley, Rev. M. J., review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’ by, 327. ‘Bermuda Islands,’ by Prof. A. Heilprin, 300.
‘Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 244.
Birds’ nests, 206.
Blomefield, Rev. L., see JENYNS, REV. L.
“Bob,” the retriever, 74.
Body-snatchers, arrest of, in Cambridge, 23.
Books, treatment of, 102.
Boott, Dr. Francis, 243.
Botanical work, scope and influence of C. Darwin’s, 314.
Botofogo Bay, letter to W. D. Fox from, 139, note.
Boulders, erratic, of South America, paper on the, 34, 157.
Bournemouth, residence at, 340.
Bowen, Prof. F., Asa Gray on the opinions of, 257.
Branch-climbers, 335.
Bressa Prize, award of the, by the Royal Academy of Turin, 310.
British Association, Sir C. Lyell’s Presidential address to the, at Aberdeen, 1859, 214; at Oxford, 249; action of, in connection with the question of vivisection, 304.
Broderip, W. J., 149.
Bronn, II. G., translator of the ‘Origin’ into German, 242.
Brown, Robert, acquaintance with, 36; recommendation of Sprengel’s book, 318.
Buckle, Mr., meeting with, 37.
Bulwer’s ‘Professor Long,’ 41.
Bunbury, Sir C, his opinion of the theory, 240.
Butler, Dr., schoolmaster at Shrewsbury, 8.
———, Rev. T., 112.
CAERDEON, holiday at, 289.
Cambridge, gun-practice at, 10; life at, 18–24, 32, 110–119, 150.
Cambridge, degree of LL.D. conferred by University of, 309; subscription portrait at, 309.
Cambridge Philosophical Society, Sedgwick’s attack before the, 247.
Camerarius on sexuality in plants, 317.
Canary Islands, projected excursion to, 121.
Cape Verd Islands, 136.
Carlyle, Thomas, acquaintance with, 38.
Carnarvon, Lord, proposed Act to amend the Law relating to cruelty to animals, 304.
Carnations, effects of cross- and self-fertilisation on, 330.
Carpenter, Dr. W. B., letters to:—on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 222; review in the ‘Medico-Chirurgical Review,’ 244; notice of the ‘Foraminifera,’ in the Athenœum, 262.
Carus, Prof. Victor, impressions of the Oxford discussion, 253.
———, his translations of the ‘Origin and other works, 277; letter to:— on earthworms, 301.
Case, Rev. G., schoolmaster at Shrewsbury, 6.
Catasetum, pollinia of, adhering to bees’ backs, 324; sensitiveness of flowers of, 326.
Caterpillars, colouring of, 285.
Cats and mice, 249.
Cattle, falsely described new breed of, 56.
Celebes, African character of productions of, 240.
Chemistry, study of, 11.
Chili, recent elevation of the coast of, 32. Chimneys, employment of boys in sweeping, 171.
Christ’s College, Cambridge, 110; bet as to height of combination-room of, 150.
Church, destination to the, 18, 114.
Cirripedia, work on the, 40, 114–167; confusion of nomenclature of, 168; completion of work on the, 173.
Clark, Sir Andrew, treatment by, 345, 347.
Classics, study of, at Dr. Butler’s school, 9.
‘Climbing Plants,’ publication of the, 335.
Coal, supposed marine origin of, 167.
Coal-plants, letters to Sir Joseph Hooker on, 167, 168.
Cobbe, Miss, letter headed “Mr. Darwin and vivisection “in the Times, 307.
Coldstream, Dr., 12.
Collections made during the voyage of the ‘Beagle,’ destination of the, 149.
Collier, Hon. John, portrait of C. Darwin by, 309.
Cooper, Miss, ‘Journal of a Naturalist,’ 263.
Copley medal, award of, to C. Darwin, 274.
Coral Reefs, work on, 34, 156; publication of, 157.
———, second edition of, 297; Semper’s remarks on the, 297; Murray’s criticisms, 298; third edition, 300.
——— and Islands, Prof. Geikie and Sir C. Lyell on the theory of, 161.
——— and Volcanoes, book on, 156.
‘Corals and Coral Islands,’ by Prof. J. D. Dana, 300.
Corrections on proofs, 213, 214, 217.
Correspondence, 79.
——— during life at Cambridge, 1828–31, 110–19; relating to appointment on the ‘Beagle,’ 122–30; during the voyage of the Beagle, 132–47; during residence in London, 1836–42, 148–57; on the subject of religion, 59–69; during residence at Down, 1842–1854, 159–74; during the progress of the work on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 174–217; after the publication of the work, 218–80; on the ‘Variation of Animals and Plants,’ 280–83; on the work on ‘Man,’ 283–96; miscellaneous, 297–311; on botanical researches, 314–42.
Cotyledons, movements of, 336.
Crawford, John, review of the ‘Origin,’ 231.
Creation, objections to use of the term, 271.
‘Cross- and self-fertilisation in plants,’ 50.
Cross-fertilisation of hermaphrodite flowers, first ideas of the, 318.
Crossing of animals, 156.
Cychnoches, 325.
Cypripedium,, pollen of, 324.
DALLAS, W. S., translation of Fritz Müller’s ‘Für Darwin,’ 277.
Dana, Professor J. D., defence of the theory of subsidence, 299; ‘Corals and Coral Islands,’ 300.
Darwin, Charles R., 1; Autobiography of, 5–57; birth, 5; loss of mother, 5; day-school at Shrewsbury, 6; natural history tastes, 6; hoaxing, 7; humanity, 7; egg-collecting, 7; angling, 7; dragoon’s funeral, 8; boarding - school at Shrewsbury, 8; fondness for dogs, 7; classics, 9; liking for geometry, 9; reading, 10; fondness for shooting, 10; science, 10; at Edinburgh, 11–15; early medical practice at Shrewsbury, 12; tours in North Wales, 16; shooting at Woodhouse and Maer, 16, 17; at Cambridge, 18–24, 32; visit to North Wales, with Sedgwick, 25, 26; on the voyage of the; Beagle,’ 26–32; residence in London, 33–39; marriage, 34; residence at Down, 39; publications, 41–52; manner of writing, 52; mental qualities, 53–57.
Darwin, Reminiscences of, 70–109; personal appearance, 71, 72; mode of walking, 71; dissecting, 71; laughing, 72; gestures, 72; dress, 73; early rising, 73; work, 73; fondness for dogs, 73; walks, 74; love of flowers, 76; riding, 77; diet, 78, 81; correspondence, 79; business habits, 80; smoking, 80; snuff-taking, 80; reading aloud, 82; backgammon, 81; music, 82; bed-time, 82; art-criticism, 83; German reading, 84; general interest in science, 84; idleness a sign of ill-health, 85; aversion to public appearances, 85; visits, 86; holidays, 86; love of scenery, 86; visits to hydropathic establishments, 88; family relations, 87–92; hospitality, 92; conversational powers, 93–96, friends, 96; local influence, 96; mode of work, 97; literary style, 105; ill-health, 108.
———, Dr. Erasmus, life of, by Ernst Krause, 51, 302.
———, Erasmus Alvey, 3; letter from, 227.
———, Miss Susan, letters to:—relating the ‘Beadle’ appointment, 125, 127; from Valparaiso, 143.
———, Mrs., letter to, with regard to the publication of the essay of 1844, 180; letter to, from Moor Park, 195.
———, Reginald, letters to, on Dr. Erasmus Darwin’s commonplace book and papers, 302.
Darwin, Dr. Robert Waring, 1; his family, 3; letter to, in answer to objections to accept the appointment on the ‘Beagle,’ 124; letter to, from Bahia, 135.
‘Darwinismus,’ 45.
Daubeny, Professor, 254; ‘On the final causes of the sexuality of plants,’ 250.
Davidson, Mr., letter to, 294.
Dawes, Mr., 24.
De Candolle, Professor A., sending him the ‘Origin of Species,’ 221.
‘Descent of Man,’ work on the, 284; publication of the, 49, 287.
———, Reviews of the, in the ‘Edinburgh Review,’ 288; in the Nonconformist, 289; in the Times, 289; in the Saturday Review, 289; in the ‘Quarterly Review,’ 292.
Design in Nature, 67, 263; argument from, as to existence of God, 62.
———, evidence of, 249.
Dielytra, 319.
‘Different Forms of Flowers,’ publication of the, 51, 330.
Digestion in Drosera,340, 341.
Dimorphism and trimorphism in plants, papers on, 48.
Divergence, principle of, 42.
Dohrn, Dr. Anton, letter to, offering to present apparatus to the Zoological station at Naples, 310.
Domestication, variation under, 184.
Down, residence at, 39, 158; daily life at, 70; local influence at, 96; sequestered situation of, 160.
Dragoon, funeral of a, 8.
Draper, Dr., paper before the British Association on the “Intellectual Development of Europe,” 250.
Drosera, observations on, 50, 339; action of glands of, 340; action of ammoniacal salts on the leaves of, 340.
Dunns, Rev. J.; the supposed author of a review in the ‘North British Review,’ 248.
Dutch translation of the ‘Origin,’ 261.
Dyer, W. Thiselton, on Mr. Darwin’s botanical work, 316; on the ‘Power of Movement in Plants,’ 335; note to, on the life of Erasmus Darwin, 302.
———, letter to:—on movement in plants, 336.
EARTHQUAKES, paper on, 34.
Earthworms, paper on the formation of mould by the agency of, 34, 52: first observations on work done by, 152; work on, 300; publication of, 301.
Edinburgh, Plinian Society, 13; Royal Medical Society, 14; Wernerian Society, 14; lectures on Geology and Zoology in, 14.
‘Edinburgh Review,’ review of the ‘Origin”‘in the, 245, 246, 248; review of the ‘Descent of Man’ in the, 288.
‘Effects of Cross- and Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom,’ publication of the, 50, 51, 329.
Elie de Beaumont’s theory, 154.
England, spread of the Descent-theory in, 279.
English Churchman, review of the ‘‘Origin’ in the, 254.
Engravings, fondness for, 113.
Entomological Society, concurrence of the members of the, 279.
Epidendrum, 325.
Equator, ceremony at crossing the, 137.
Erratic blocks, at Glen Roy, 155.
——— boulders of South America, paper on the, 34, 157.
European opinions of Darwin’s work, Dr. Falconer on, 261.
Evolution, progress of the theory of, 175, 267, 287, 289.
Experiment, love of, 100.
——— in the Malays, 285.
——— of the Emotions, work on the, 283.
‘Expression of the Emotions in Men and Animals,’ publication of the, 50, 295.
Eye, structure of the, 220, 227, 240.
FALCONER, Dr. Hugh, 261.
———, claim of priority against Lyell, 271; letter from, offering a live Proteus and reporting on continental opinion, 261; letter to, 261; sending him the ‘Origin of Species,’ 221.
Farrer, Sir Thomas, letter to, on earthworms, 301.
Fawcett. Henry, on Huxley’s reply to the Bishop of Oxford, 253, note.
Fernando Noronha, visit to, 138.
‘Fertilisation of Orchids,’ publication of the, 47, 51, 327.
‘——— of Orchids,’ publication of second edition of the, 329.
‘——— of Orchids,’ reviews of the; in the ‘Parthenon,’ 327; in the Athenœum, 327; in the ‘London Review,’ 327; in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 328.
———, cross- and self-, in the vegetable kingdom, 329–31.
——— of flowers, bibliography of the, 329.
Fish, swallowing seeds, 190.
Fitz-Roy, Capt, 26; character of, 27; by Rev. G. Peacock, 122; Darwin’s impression of, 126, 127; discipline on board the ‘Beagle,’ 134; letter to, from Shrewsbury, 148.
Fitzwilliam Gallery, Cambridge, 20.
Flourens, ‘Examen du livre de M. Darwin,’ 276.
Flowers, adaptation of, to visits of insects, 321” different forms of, on plants of the same species, 51, 329; fertilisation of, 315–331; hermaphrodite, first ideas of cross-fertilisation of, 318; irregular, all adapted for visits of insects, 321.
Flustra, paper on the larvae of, 13.
Forbes, David, on the geology of Chile, 165.
Fordyce, J., extract from letter to, 59.
‘Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms,’ publication of the, 52, 301; unexpected success of the, 301.
Fossil bones, given to the College of Surgeons, 150.
Fox, Rev. William Darwin, 22; letters to, 116–19, 120, 192; from Botofogo Bay, 139; in 1836–1842: 151, 156, 157; on the house at Down, 159; on their respective families, 169; on family matters, 205: on the progress of the work, 192, 194, 207; on the award of the Copley Medal, 274.
France and Germany, contrast of progress of theory in, 276.
Fremantle, Mr., on the Oxford meeting of the British Association, 251.
French translation of the ‘Origin,’ 260; third edition of the, published, 291.
——— translation of the ‘Origin’ from the fifth English edition, arrangements for the, 291.
Fumaria, 319.
Funeral in Westminster Abbey, 349.
GALAPAGOS, 31.
Galton, Francis, note to, on the life of Erasmus Darwin, 303.
Gardeners’ Chronicle, review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 237; Mr. Patrick Matthew’s claim of priority in the, 245; review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’ in the, 328.
Geikie, Prof. Archibald, notes on the work on Coral Reefs, 161, 193; notes on the work on Volcanic Islands, 162; on Darwin’s theory of the parallel roads of Glen Roy, 153.
Geoffrey St. Hilaire, 219.
‘Geological Observations on South America,’ 40; publication of the, 165.
‘Geological Observations on Volcanic Islands,’ publication of the, 161; Prof. Geikie’s notes on the, 162.
Geological Society, secretaryship of the, 33, 152.
Geological work in the Andes, 144.
‘Geologist,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 264.
Geology, commencement of the study of, 25, 119; lectures on, in Edinburgh, 14; predilection for, 142, 143; study of, during the Beagle’s voyage, 28.
German translation of the ‘Origin of Species,’ 261.
Germany, Häckel’s influence in the spread of Darwinism, 277.
———, photograph-album received from, 310.
———, reception of Darwinistic views in, 261.
——— and France, contrast of progress of theory in, 276.
Glacial period, influence of the, on distribution, 46.
Glacier action in North Wales, 34.
Glands, sticky, of the pollinia, 323.
Glen Roy, visit to, and paper on, 33; expedition to, 153.
Glossotherium, 150.
Glutton Club, 113.
Gorilla, brain of, compared with that of man, 250.
Gower Street, Upper, residence in, 34, 156.
Graham, W., letter to, 67.
Grant, Dr. R. E., 12; an evolutionist, 178.
Gravity, light, &c., acting as stimuli, 338.
Gray, Dr. Asa, comparison of rain drops and variations, 66; letter from, to J. D. Hooker, on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 237; articles in the ‘Atlantic Monthly,’ 262;’ Darwiniana,’ 262; on the aphorism, “Nature abhors close fertilisation,” 319; “Note on the coiling of the Tendrils of Plants,” 333.
———, letters to: on Design in Nature, 67; with abstract of the theory of the ‘Origin of Species,’ 199; sending him the’ Origin of Species,’ 221; suggesting an American edition, 238; on Sedgwick’s and Pictet’s reviews, 244; on notices in the’ North British ‘and’ Edinburgh ‘Reviews, and on the theological view, 248; on the position of Profs. Agassiz and Bowen, 257; on his article in the ‘Atlantic Monthly,’ 262; on change of species by descent, 260; on design, 263; on the American war, 263; on the ‘Descent of Man,’ 287; on the biographical notice in ‘Nature,’ 308; on their election to the French Institute, 309; on fertilisation of Papilionaceous flowers and Lobelia by insects, 319, 320; on the structure of irregular flowers, 321; on Orchids, 323, 324, 328, 329; on movement of tendrils, 333; on climbing plants, 341; on Drosera,334, 340.
Great Marlborough Street, residence in, 33, 150.
Gretton, Mr., his c Memory’s Hark-back,’ 8.
Grote, A., meeting with, 38.
Gully, Dr., 169.
Günther, Dr. A., letter to:—on sexual differences, 285.
HäCKEL, Professor Ernst, embryological researches of, 46: influence of, in the spread of Darwinism in Germany, 277.
———, letters to:—on the progress of Evolution in England, 278; on his works, 279; on “the ‘Descent of Man,’ 288; on the ‘Expression of the Emotions,’ 295.
Häckel’s ‘Genereile Morphologic,’ ‘Radiolaria,’ ‘Schöpfungs-Geschichte,’ and ‘Ursprung des Menschen-Geschlechts,’277, 278.
——— ‘Naturliche Schöpfungs-Geschichte,’ 278; Huxley’s opinion of, 278.
Hague, James, on the reception of the ‘Descent of Man,’ 288.
Haliburton, Mrs., letter to, on the ‘Expression of the Emotions,’ 295; letter to, 337.
Hardie, Mr., 12.
Harris, William Snow, 129.
Haughton, Professor S., opinion on the new views of Wallace and Darwin, 43; criticism on the theory of the origin of species, 212.
Health, 72; improved during the last ten years of life, 345.
Heart, pain felt in the region of the, 29, 345, 346.
Heilprin, Professor A.,’ The Bermuda Islands,’ 300.
Heliotropism of seedlings, 338.
Henslow, Professor, lectures by, at Cambridge, 19; introduction to, 22; intimacy with, 113, 119; his opinion of Lyell’s ‘Principles,’ 35; of the Darwinian theory, 240.
———, letter from, on the offer of the appointment to the ‘Beagle,’ 123.
———, letter to, from Rev. G. Peacock, 122.
———, letters to:—relating to the appointment to the ‘Beagle,’128, 129; from Rio de Janeiro, 142; from Sydney, 146; from Shrewsbury, 147; as to destination of specimens collected during the voyage of the ‘Beagle,’148.
———, letters to:—1836-1842, 152; sending him the ‘Origin,’ 221.
Herbert, John Maurice, 20; anecdotes from, 111, 112, 114; letters to, 115; on the ‘South American Geology,’ 163.
Hermaphrodite flowers, first idea of cross-fertilisation of, 318.
Herschel, Sir J., acquaintance with, 36; letter from Sir C. Lyell to, on the theory of coral-reefs, 162; his opinion of the ‘Origin,’ 232.
Heterostyled plants, 330; some forms of fertilisation of, analogous to hybridisation, 331.
‘Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species,’ 260.
Hoaxes, 56.
Holidays, 86.
Holland, photograph-album received from, 310.
Holland, Sir H., his opinions of the theory, 227.
Holmgren, Frithiof, letter to, on vivisection, 305.
Hooker, Sir J. D., on the training obtained by the work on Cirripedes, 165; letters from, on the ‘Origin of Species,’199, 223, 232; speech at Oxford, in answer to Bishop Wilber-force, 252; review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’ by, 328.
———, letters to, 167; on coal-plants, 167, 168; announcing death of R. W. Darwin, and an intention to try water-cure, 169; on the award of the Royal Society’s Medal, 172; on the theory of the origin of species, 183, 187; cirripedial work, 187; on the Philosophical Club, 188; on the germination of soaked seeds, 189, 190; on the preparation of a sketch of the theory of species, 192; on the papers read before the Linnean Society, 198, 201; on the ‘Abstract,’203, 204, 205, 212; on thistle-seeds, 204; on Wallace’s letter, 205; on the arrangement with Mr. Murray, 210; on Professor Haughton’s remarks, 212; on style and variability, 213; on the completion of proof-sheets, 214; on the review of the ‘Origin’ in the Athenœum,223, 224; on his review in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 237; on the progress of opinion, 243; on Mr. Matthew’s claim of priority and the ‘Edinburgh Review,’ 245; on the Cambridge opposition, 247; on the British Association discussion, 254; on the review in the ‘Quarterly,’ 256; on the corrections in the new edition, 260; on Lyell’s ‘Antiquity of Man,’ 267; on letters in the papers, 274; on the completion and publication of the book on ‘Variation under Domestication,’281, 282; on pangenesis, 281; on work, 284; on a visit to Wales, 289; on a new French translation of the ‘Origin,’ 291; on the life of Erasmus Darwin, 303; on Mr. Ouless’ portrait, 309; on the earthworm, 301; on the fertilisation of Orchids, 315, 321, 323, 324, 325, 326; on establishing a hot-house, 326; on his review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids,’ 328; on climbing plants, 334; on the ‘Insectivorous Plants,’339, 341; on the movements of plants, 336; on health and work, 346.
Hooker, Sir J. D., 4 Himalayan Journal,’ 172.
Horner, Leonard, 14.
Horses, humanity to, 303.
Hot-house, building of, 326.
Humboldt, Baron A. von, meeting with, 36; his opinion of C. Darwin, 164.
Humboldt’s ‘Personal Narrative,’ 24.
Huth, Mr., on ‘Consanguineous Marriage,’ 56.
Hutton, Prof. F. W., letter to, on his review of the ‘Origin,’ 264.
Huxley, Prof. T. H., on the value as training, of Darwin’s work on the Cirripedes, 166; on the theory’ of evolution, 164–178- review of the ‘Origin’ in the ‘Westminster Review,’ 244; reply to Owen, on the Brain in Man and the Gorilla, 250; speech at Oxford, in answer to the Bishop, 251; lectures on ‘Our Knowledge or the causes of Organic Nature,’267, note; opinion of Hackel’s work, 278: on the progress of the doctrine or evolution, 287; article in the ‘Contemporary Review,’ against Mivart, and the Quarterly reviewer of the ‘Descent of Man,’ 292; lecture on ‘the Coming of Age of the Origin of Species,’ 311; on teleology, 316.
———, letters from, on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 225; on the discussion at Oxford, 253.
———, letters to:—on his adoption of the theory, 226; on the review in the Times, 234; on the effect of reviews, 358; on his Edinburgh lectures, 264; on ‘the coming of age of the Origin of Species,’ 311; last letter to, 347.
Hybridisation, analogy of, with some forms of fertilisation of heterostyled plants, 331.
Hybridism, 194.
Hybrids, sterility of, 194.
Hydropathic establishments, visits to, 87.
ICHNEUMONIDÆ, and their function, 249.
Ilkley, residence at, in 1859, 218.
Ill-health, 34, 41, 108, 157, 167, 169, 283.
Immortality of the Soul, 65.
Innes, Rev. J. Brodie, 81, 97.
———on Darwin’s position with regard to theological views, 242; note on the review in the ‘Quarterly’ and Darwin’s appreciation of it, 256, note.
‘Insectivorous Plants,’ work on the, 339–42; publication of, 50, 342
Insects, 10; agency of, in cross-fertilisation, 318.
Institute of France, election as a corresponding member of the Botanical section of the, 309.
Isolation, effects of, 294.
JACKSON, B. DAYDON, preparation of the Kew-Index placed under the charge of, 343.
Jenkin, Fleeming, review of the ‘Origin,’ 290.
Jenyns, Rev. Leonard, acquaintance with, 23; his opinion of the theory, 241.
———, letters to:—on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 221; on checks to increase of species, 185; on his ‘Observations in Natural History,’ 185; on the immutability of species, 186.
Jones, Dr. Bence, treatment by, 345.
‘Journal of Researches,’40, 151; publication of the second edition of the, 163; differences in the two editions of the, with regard to the theory of species, 179.
Judd, Prof., on Coral Reefs, 297; on Mr. Darwin’s intention to devote a certain sum to the advancement of scientific interests, 343.
Jukes, Prof. Joseph B., 243.
KEW-INDEX of plant names, 342; endowment of, by Mr. Darwin, 342.
Kidney-beans, fertilisation of, 319.
Kingsley, Rev. Charles, letter from, on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 241; on the progress of the theory of Evolution, 267.
Kossuth, character of, 195.
Krause, Ernst, ‘Life of Erasmus Darwin,’ 51; on Häckel’s services to the cause of Evolution in Germany, 377; on the work of Dr. Erasmus Darwin, 302.
LAMARCK’S philosophy, 175.
——— views, references to, 184, 187, 219, 270.
Lankester, E. Ray, letter to, on the reception of the ‘Descent of Man,’ 288.
Last words, 347.
Lathyrus grandiflorus, fertilisation of, by bees, 319.
Laws, designed, 249.
Leibnitz, objections raised by, to Newton’s Law of Gravitation, 242.
Leschenaultia, fertilisation of, 321.
Lewes, G. H., review of the ‘Variation of Animals and Plants,’ in the Pall Mall Gazette, 283.
Life, origin of, 271.
Light, gravity, &c., acting as stimuli, 338.
Lightning, 249.
Linaria vulgaris, observations on cross- and self-fertilisation in, 330.
Lindley, John, 172.
Linnean Society, joint paper with A. R. Wallace, read before the, 198; portrait at the, 309.
Linum flavum, dimorphism of, 48.
List of naturalists who had adopted the theory in March, 1860, 243.
Literature, taste in, 53.
Little-Go, passed, 117.
Lobelia fulgens. not self-fertilisable, 320.
London, residence in, 33–9; from 1836 to 1842, 148–57.
‘London Review,’ review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’ in the, 327.
Lonsdale, W., 149.
Lubbock, Sir John, letter from, to W. E. Darwin, on the funeral in Westminster Abbey, 349; letter to:—on beetle collecting, 205.
Lyell, Sir Charles, acquaintance with, 33; character of, 35; influence of, on Geology, 35; geological views, 143; on Darwin’s theory of coral islands, 162; extract of letter to, on the treatiseon volcanic islands, 163; attitude towards the doctrine of Evolution, 176, 275; announcement of the forthcoming ‘Origin of Species,’ to the British Association at Aberdeen in 1859, 214; letter from, criticising the ‘Origin,’ 218; Bishop Wilberforce’s remarks upon, 255, note; inclination to accept the notion of design, 263; on Darwin’s views, 270; on the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids,’ 328.
———, Sir Charles, letters to, 153, 156 . —on the second edition of the ‘Journal of Researches,’ 163; on the receipt of Wallace’s paper, 196, 197; on the papers read “before the Linnean Society, 202; on the mode of publication of the l Origin,’207, 209; with proof-sheets, 215; on the announcement of the work of the British Association, 215; on his adoption of the theory of descent, 224; on objectors to the theory of descent, 230, 231; on the second edition of the ‘Origin,’230, 236; on the review of the ‘Origin’ in the ‘Annals,’ 240; on objections, 242; on the review in the ‘Edinburgh Review,’ and on Matthew’s anticipation of the theory of Natural Selection, 235; on design in variation, 247; on the ‘Antiquity of Man,’ 269, 270; on the progress of opinion, 275; on ‘Pangenesis,’ 281; on Drosera, 340.
Lyell, Sir Charles, ‘Antiquity of Man,’268, 269.
———‘Elements of Geology,’ 153.
———‘Principles of Geology,’ 177; tenth edition of, 275.
Lythrum, trimorphism of, 48.
MACAULAY, meeting with, 37.
Macgillivray, William, 15.
Mackintosh, Sir James, meeting with, 16.
‘Macmillan’s Magazine,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in, by H. Fawcett, 253, note.
Macrauchenia, 150.
Mad-house, attempt to free a patient from a, 303, note.
Malay Archipelago, Wallace’s ‘Zoological Geography’ of the, 240.
Malays, expression in the, 286.
Malthus on Population,42, 200.
Malvern, Hydropathic treatment at, 41, 109.
Mammalia, fossil from South America, 150.
Man, descent of, 49; objections to discussing origin of, 194; brain of, and that of the gorilla, 250; influence of sexual selection upon the races of, 286; work on, 283.
Mathematics, difficulties with, 114; distaste for the study of, 18.
Matthew, Patrick, claim of priority in the theory of Natural Selection, 245.
‘Medico-Chirurgical Review,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, by W. B. Carpenter, 244.
Mellersh, Admiral, reminiscences of C. Darwin, 133.
Mendoza, 144.
Microscopes, 98; compound, 167.
Mimicry, H. W. Bates on, 265.
Minerals, collecting, 10.
Miracles, 62.
Mivart’s ‘Genesis of Species,’ 291.
Moor Park, Hydropathic establishment at, 43.
——— water-cure at, 195,
Moore, Dr. Norman, treatment by, 347.
Mormodes, 325.
Moths, white, Mr. Weir’s observations on, 285.
Motley, meeting with, 38.
Mould, formation of, by the agency of Earthworms, paper on the, 34, 52; publication of book on the, 301.
‘Mount,’ the Shrewsbury, Charles Darwin’s birthplace, 2.
Müller, Fritz, embryological researches of, 46.
———,‘Für Darwin,’ 277;’ Facts and arguments for Darwin,’ 277.
——— Fritz, observations on branch-tendrils, 335.
———, Hermann, 277; on self-fertilisation of plants, 52; on Sprengel’s views as to cross-fertilisation, 318.
Murray, John, criticisms on the Darwinian theory of coral formation, 298.
Murray, John, letters to:—relating to the publication of the ‘Origin of Species,’211, 213, 216; on the reception of the ‘Origin’ in the United States, 239 note; on the third edition of the ‘Origin,’ 259; on critiques of the ‘Descent of Man,’ 289; on the publication of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids,’315, 327; on the publication of ‘Climbing Plants,’ 335.
Music, effects of, 53; fondness for, 82, 113; taste for, at Cambridge, 20.
Mylodon, 150.
NAMES of garden plants, difficulty of obtaining, 327.
Naples, Zoological Station, donation of £100 to the, for apparatus, 310.
Nash, Mrs., reminiscences of Mr. Darwin, 92.
Natural History, early taste for, 6.
——— belief in, founded on general considerations, 273; H. C. Watson on, 177; priority in the theory of, claimed by Mr. Patrick Matthew, 245; Sedgwick on, 228.
Naturalists, list of, who had adopted the theory in March, 1860, 243.
Naturalist’s Voyage, 179.
‘Nature,’ review in, 335.
“Nervous system of” Drosera, 241.
Newton, Prof. A., letter to, 283.
Newton’s ‘Law of Gravitation,’ objections raised by Leibnitz to, 242.
Nicknames on board the Beagle, 133.
Nitrogenous compounds, detection of, by the leaves of Drosera, 340.
‘Nomenclator,’ 342; endowment by Mr. Darwin, 342; plan of the, 343.
Nomenclature, need of reform in, 168.
Nonconformist, review of the ‘Descent of Man’ in the, 289.
‘North British Review,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 248, 290.
North Wales, tours through, 15; tour in, 34; visit to, with Sedgwick, 25; visit to, in 1869, 289.
Nose, objections to shape of, 27.
Nuptial dress’ of animals, 285.
OBSERVATION, methods of, 100, 101. power of, 55.
Old Testament, Darwinian theory contained in the, 44.
Oliver, Prof., approved of the work on the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids,’ 327.
Orchids, fertilisation of, bearing of the, on the theory of Natural Selection, 315; fertilisation of, work on the, 259; homologies of, 323; study of, 322; pleasure of investigating, 329.
Orchis pyramidalis, adaptation in, 321.
Orders, thoughts of taking, 114.
Organs, rudimentary, comparison of, with unsounded letters in words, 220.
Origin of Species, first notes on the, 33; investigations upon the, 41–43; progress of the theory of the, 174; differences in the two editions of the ‘Journal’ with regard to the, 179; extracts from note-books on the, 178; first sketch of work on the, 179; essay of 1844 on the, 180.
‘Origin of Species.’ publication of the first edition of the, 43, 218; success of the, 45; reviews of the, in the Athenœum,223, 224; in ‘Macimllan’s Magazine,’ 231; in the Times, 234; in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 237: in the ‘Annals and Magazine of Natural History,’ 240; in the Spectator, 244; in the ‘Bibliothèque Universelle de Genève,’ 244; in the ‘Medico-Chirurgical Review,’ 244; in the ‘Westminster Review,’ 244; in the ‘Edinburgh Review,’245, 246, 247; in the ‘North British Review,’ 247; in the Saturday Review, 248; in the ‘Quarterly Review,’ 256; in the ‘Geologist,’ 264.
——— publication of the second edition of the, 236.
——— third edition, commencement of work upon the, 259.
——— publication of the fifth edition of the, 290, 291.
——— sixth edition, publication of the, 291.
——— the ‘Coming of Age’ of the, 311.
Ouless, W., portrait of Mr. Darwin by, 309.
Owen, Sir R., on the differences between the brains of man and the Gorilla, 250; reply to Lyell, on the difference between the human and simian brains, 267; claim of priority, 291.
Oxford, British Association Meeting, discussion at, 249–52.
PALEY’S writings, study of, 19.
Pall Mall Gazette, review of the ‘Variation of Animals and Plants’ in the, 282.
Pangenesis, 281.
Papilionaceæ, papers on cross-fertilisation of, 319.
Parallel roads of Glen Roy, paper on the, 153.
Parasitic worms, experiments on, 306.
Parslow, Joseph, 159, note.
‘Parthenon,’ review of the ‘Fertilisation of Orchids’ in the, 327.
Pasteur’s results upon the germs of diseases, 306.
Patagonia, 31.
Peacock, Rev. George, letter from, to Professor Henslow, 122.
Philosophical Club, 188.
——— Magazine, 26.
Photograph - albums received from Germany and Holland, 310.
Pictet, Professor F. J., review of the ‘Origin’ in the ‘Bibliothèque Universelle,’ 244.
Pictures, taste for, acquired at Cambridge, 20.
Pigeons, nasal bones of, 263.
Plants, climbing, 48, 333–35; insectivorous, 50, 339–42; power of movement in, 51, 335–39; garden, difficulty of naming, 327; heterostyled, polygamous, diœcious and gynodiœcious, 330.
Pleasurable sensations, influence of, in Natural Selection, 64.
Plinian Society, 13.
Poetry, taste for, 9; failure of taste for, 53.
Pollen, conveyance of, by the wings of butterflies and moths, 320.
———, differences in the two forms of Primrose, 331.
“Polly,” the fox-terrier, 74.
Pontobdella, egg-cases of, 13.
Portraits, list of, 351.
“Pour le Mérite,” the order, 308, note.
Pouter Pigeons, 247.
Powell, Prof. Baden, his opinion on the structure of the eye, 241.
‘Power of Movement in Plants,’51, 335–39; publication of the, 336.
Preyer, Prof. W., letter to, 280.
Primrose, heterostyled flowers of the, 330; differences of the pollen in the two forms of the, 331.
Primula, dimorphism of, paper on the, 48.
Primulœ, said to have produced seed without access of insects, 56.
Proteus, 261.
Publication of the’ Origin of Species,’ arrangements connected with the, 207–212.
Publications, account of, 40–52.
Public Opinion, squib in, 274.
QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, review of the ‘Expression of the Emotions’ in the, 295.
‘Quarterly Review,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 256; Darwin’s appreciation of it, 256, note; review of the ‘Descent of Man’ in the, 292.
RABBITS, asserted close interbreeding of, 56.
Ramsay, Sir Andrew, 243.
———, Mr., 24.
Reade, T. Mellard, note to, on the earthworms, 301.
Rein, Dr. J. J., account of the Bermudas, 297.
Reinwald, M., French translation of the ‘Origin’ by, 291.
Religious views, 59–69; general statement of, 61–66.
Reverence, development of the bump of, 18.
Reversion, 213.
Reviewers, 46.
Rich, Anthony, letter to, on the book on ‘Earthworms,’ 301; bequest from, 310.
Richmond, W., portrait of C. Darwin by, 309.
Rio de Janeiro, letter to J. S. Henslow, from, 142.
Rogers, Prof. H. D., 243.
Romanes, G. J., account of a sudden attack of illness, 346.
———, totter to, on vivisection, 306.
Roots, sensitiveness of tips of, to contact, 338.
Royal Commission on Vivisection, 304.
Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh, 14.
——— Society, award of the Royal Medal to C. Darwin, 172; award of the Copley Medal to C. Darwin, 274.
Royer, Mdlle. Clémence, French translation of the ‘Origin’ by, 260; publication of third French edition of the ‘Origin,’ and criticism of “pangenesis” by, 291.
Rudimentary organs, 219; comparison of, with unsounded letters in words, 220.
SABINE, Sir E., 172; reference to Darwin’s work in his Presidential Address to the Royal Society, 275.
Sachs on the establishment of the idea of sexuality in plants, 317.
St. Helena, 31.
St. Jago, Cape Verd Islands, 136; geology of, 31.
St. John’s College, Cambridge, strict discipline at, 110.
St. Paul’s Island, visit to, 137.
Salisbury Craigs, trap-dyke in, 15.
“Sand walk,” last visit to the, 347.
San Salvador, letter to R. W. Darwin from, 135.
Saporta, Marquis de, his opinion in 1863, 276.
Saturday Review, article in the, 248; review of the ‘Descent of Man’ in the, 289.
Scelidotherium, 150.
Scepticism, effects of, in science, 55.
Science, early attention to, 10; general interest in, 84.
Scott, Sir Walter, 14.
Sedgwick, Professor Adam, introduction to, 119; visit to North Wales with, 25; opinion of C. Darwin, 145; letter from, on the ‘Origin of Species,’ 228; review of the’ Origin’ in the Spectator, 244; attack before the ‘Cambridge Philosophical Society,’ 247.
Seedlings, heliotropism of, 338.
Seeds, experiments on the germination of, after immersion, 189, 190.
Selection, natural, 174, 201; influence of, 42.
———, sexual, in insects, 285; influence of, upon races of man, 285.
Semper, Professor Karl, on coral reefs, 297.
Sex in plants, establishment of the idea of, 317.
Sexual selection, 285; influence of, upon races of man, 285.
Sexuality, origin of, 329.
Shanklin, 204.
Shooting, fondness for, 10, 15.
Shrewsbury, schools at, 6, 8; return to, 148; early medical practice at, 12.
Sigillaria, 167.
Silliman’s Journal, reviews in, 238, 248, 258, 334.
Slavery, 145.
Slaves, sympathy with, 303.
Sleep-movements of plants, 336.
Smith, Rev. Sydney, meeting with, 37.
Snipe, first, 10.
Snowdon, ascent of, 15.
Son, eldest, birth of, 157; observations on, 157.
South America, publication of the geological observations on, 165.
Species, accumulation of facts relating to, 41–43, 156: checks to the increase of, 185; mutability of, 186; progress of the theory of the, 174; differences with regard to the, in the two editions 01 the ‘Journal,’ 179; extracts from Note-books on, 178; first sketch of the, 179; Essay of 1884 on the, 180.
Spectator, review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 244.
Spencer, Herbert, an evolutionist, 178.
Sprengel, C. K., on cross-fertilisation of hermaphrodite flowers, 318.
——, ‘Das entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur,’ 47.
Stanhope, Lord, 38.
Sterility, in heterostyled plants, 331.
Steudel’s ‘Nomenclator,’ 342.
Stokes, Admiral Lort, 133.
Strickland, H. E., letter to, on nomenclature, 108.
‘Struggle for Existence,’42, 200.
Suarez, T. H. Huxley’s study of, 293.
Subsidence, theory of, 297.
Suffering, evidence from, as to the existence of God, 61, 63, 64.
Sulivan, Sir B. J., letter to, 345.
———, reminiscences of G. Darwin, 133.
Sundew, 50, see Drosera.
Sydney, letter to J. S. Henslow from, 146.
TELEOLOGY, revival of, 315.
——— and morphology, reconciliation of, by Darwinism, 308, note.
Tendrils of plants, irritability of the, 333.
Teneriffe, 24; desire to visit, 136; projected excursion to, 120.
Theological views, 249.
Theology and Natural History, 242.
Thistle - seeds, conveyance of, by wind, 194.
Thompson, Professor D’Arcy, literature of the fertilisation of flowers, 329.
Thwaites, G. II. K., 243.
Tierra del Fuego, 31.
Times, review of the ‘Origin’ in the, 234, 235; review of the ‘“Descent of Man’ in the, 289; letter to, on vivisection, 306; article on Mr. Darwin in the, 336.
Title-page, proposed, of the ‘Origin of Species,’ 209.
Torquay, visit to (1861), 259.
Toxodon, 150.
Translations of the ‘Origin’ into French, Dutch and German, 261.
Transmutation of species, investigations on the, 41; first note-book on the, 150.
Trimorphism and dimorphism in plants, papers on, 48.
Tropical forest, first sight of, 142.
Turin, Royal Academy of, award of the Bressa prize by the, 310.
Twining plants, 334.
‘UNFINISHED BOOK,’ 190.
Uniturianism, Erasmus Darwin’s, definition of, 213.
Unorthodoxy, 209.
VALPARAISO, letter to Miss S. Darwin from, 147.
Vanilla, 324.
Variability, 213.
‘Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication,’ publication of, 49, 280.
‘———,’ reviews of the, in the Pall Mall Gazette, 282; in the Athenœum, 283.
Vegetable Kingdom, cross- and self-fertilisation in the, 50.
‘Vestiges of Creation,’ 176.
Victoria Institute, analysis of the ‘Origin’ read before the, 279, note.
Vivisection, 303–7; opinion of, 304; commencement of agitation against, and Royal Commission on, 304; legislation on, 304.
Vogt, Prof. Curl, on the origin of species, 287.
Volcanic islands, Geological observations on, publication of the, 161; Prof. Geikie’s notes on the, 161.
Volcanoes and Coral-reefs, book on, 156.
WAGNER, MORITZ, letter to, on the influence of isolation, 296.
“Wallace, A. R., first essay on variability of species, 43; 199; article in the ‘“Quarterly Review,’ April, 1869, 275; opinion of Pangenesis, 281; review of the ‘Expression of the Emotions,’ 295.
———, letters to:—on a paper by Wallace, 193; on the ‘Origin of Species,’206, 221; on ‘Warrington’s paper at the Victoria Institute,’279, note; on man, 283; on sexual selection, 284, 285; on Mr. Wright’s pamphlet in answer to Mivart, 291; on Mivart’s remarks and an article in the ‘Quarterly Review,’ 292; on his criticism of Mivart’s ‘Lessons from Nature’ 293; last letter to, 346.
Wallace, A. R., letter from, to Prof. A. Newton, 200.
Warrington, Mr., Analysis of the ‘Origin’ read by, to the Victoria Institute, 279, note.
Water-cure, at Ilkley, 218; at Malvern, 169; Moor Park, 87, 195.
Watkins, Archdeacon, 112.
Watson, H. C, charge of egotism against C. Darwin, 260; on Natural Selection, 177.
Wedgwood, Emma, married to C. Darwin, 156.
———, Josiah, character of, 17.
———, Miss Julia, letter to, 66.
———, Susannah, married to K. W. Darwin, 1.
Weir, J. Jenner, observations on white moths, 285, ‘note.
Westminster Abbey, funeral in, 349; ‘Westminster Review,’ review of the ‘Origin’ in the, by T. H. Huxley, 244.
Whale, secondary, 230.
Whewell, Dr., acquaintance with, 23.
Whitley, Rev. C., 20.
Wiesner, Prof. Julius, criticisms of the ‘Power of Movement in Plants,’ 337; letter to, on Movement in Plants, 337.
Wilberforce, Bishop, his opinion of the ‘Origin,’ 240; speech at Oxford against the Darwinian theory, 250; review of the’ Origin’ in the ‘Quarterly Review,’ 251.
Wollaston, T. V., review of the ‘Origin’ in the ‘Annals,’ 240.
‘Wonders of the World,’ 10.
Wood, Searles V., 243.
Woodhouse, shooting at, 15.
Work, 73; method of, 53, 97–105.
———, growing necessity of, 284.
Worms, formation of vegetable-mould by the action of, 34, 52, 301.
Wright, Chauncey, article against Mivart’s ‘Genesis of Species’291, 292.
Writing, manner of, 53, 103–5.
ZACHARIAS, DR. OTTO, letter to, on the theory of evolution, 175.
Zoology, lectures on, in Edinburgh, 15.
‘Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle,’ arrangements for publishing the, 151; Government grant obtained for the, 152; publication of the, 32.
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