ally been substituted for a less simple. But the amount of these additions and alterations is relatively so slight that it is true to say that Mr. Darwin speaks throughout. A few of the illustrations are borrowed from the original narrative and from its sister reports; but by far the greater number have been derived from other sources, and all with a view to conveying correct information. The maps interspersed with the text or placed at the end of the volume contain every significant geographical name mentioned in the text. After all, it is hoped that every one who here learns for the first time a small portion of "what Mr. Darwin saw,' on his memorable first journey abroad, will sooner or later betake himself to the delightful and ever wonderful unabridged report of the most momentous voyage round the world since Columbus. NEW YORK, October 1, 1879. FOR CHILDREN. EVERYBODY has eyes, but, as you know, some people are blind; and many of those who are not blind wear glasses, and cannot see without them. But even those whose eyes are good and strong do not all see alike. In a roomful of people, you would be sure to see your father and mother; and if all the rest were strangers to you, you would probably not notice a good many of them. Or if you were just learning to read, and were shown a printed page, you would see the words you know how to spell, and would pay very little attention to most of the others. If we should go searching for spring flowers, I, who know what anemones and hepaticas are like, should find more than you who had never seen them before. And if our walk was among woods, some would come home remembering only that they had seen trees; others, that they had seen pines and oaks; and I alone, perhaps, that I had seen birches and ash-trees too. And again, if our excursion was by roads you had never travelled before, some of you could next time go the same. |