Life of Charles Darwin

natural history excursions ; his first scientific paper read
March, 27, 1827; friendship with Dr. Grant ; Jameson's.
lectures on zoology ; Darwin enters Christ's College, Camo
bridge, in 1828; his friendship with Prof. Henslow ; his
account of Henslow ; Darwin at this time specially an
entomologist ; his excursions with Henslow ; takes B.A.
degree in 1831, M.A. in 1837 ; voyage of Beagle proposed,
and Darwin appointed as naturalist; the Beagle sails on Dec.
27, 1831 ; Darwin's letters to Henslow published 1835 ;
1832, Darwin at Teneriffe, Cape de Verde Islands, St.
Paul's Rocks, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro (April); excursions
into interior and amusing adventures ; his experiences and
horror of slavery ; at Monte Video, July ; Maldonado,,

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Rio Negro; visit to Tierra del Fuego, Dec. 1832-Jan.

1833 ; rencontre with General Rosas ; many extinct

animals discovered ; Buenos Ayres, Sept. 1833 ; excur.

sion to Santa Fé; Port Desire, Dec. 1833; Port St.

Julian, Jan. 1834 ; Valparaiso, July 1834; expeditions

to the Andes, Santiago, &c. ; Chiloe, Nov. 1834 ; the

Chonos Archipelago, Dec. 1834; Valdivia, Feb. 1835 ;

an earthquake experience ; expedition across the Cordillera

in March, 1835 ; voyage across the Pacific commenced in

September ; the Galapagos Archipelago and its interesting

animals ; Tahiti, Nov. 1835Darwin's opinion of

English products, and of the influence of Christian mis.

sionaries; New Zealand, Dec. 1835; Port Jackson, Jan.

1836 ; Tasmania, Feb. ; the Keeling Islands, April ; the

homeward journey ; Falmouth reached, Oct. 2, 1836 ;

Capt. Fitzroy's opinion of Darwin ; Darwin's first impres.

sion of savages

CHAPTER III.

Darwin elected F.G.S. ; Lyell's high opinion of him ; secre.

tary of the Geological Society, Feb. 1838–41; reads

numerous papers before the Society; elected F.R.S., Jan.

24, 1839; marries his cousin, Miss Wedgwood, early in

1839; Journal of Researches," published 1839, highly

praised in Quarterly Review ; publication of zoology of the

Beagle (1839–43) ; extraordinary animals described therein;

other results of the voyage ; plants described by Hooker

and Berkeley ; work on “Coral Reels " published 1842 ;

Darwin's new theory at once accepted ; subsequent views

of Semper, Dana, and Murray ; second and third parts of
Geology of Beagle (“Volcanic Islands and South

America”); other gcological papers ; Darwin settles at

Down House, near Beckenham, 1842; appears at Oxford

meeting of British Association, 1847 ; contributes

chapter on Geology to Herschel's manual of Scientific

Enquiry; publishes great works on recent and fossil

cirrípedia, *1851-4 ; receives Royal Medal of Royal

Society, 1853, and Wollaston Medal of Geological Society,

1859

CHAPTER IV.

Confusion in description of species ; labours of Professors Owen

and Huxley ; Darwin's ideas on the origin of species germi-
nated during the voyage of the Beagle ; he collected facts,
1837-42 ; drew up a sketch, 1842; enlarged it in 1844 ;
previous speculations on the subject ; views of Erasmus
Darwin, Geoffroy St. Hilaire, and Lamarck ; Darwin's
opinion of Lamarck; influence of Lyell ; influence of

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South American experience; reads Malthus on Popula.

tion ; “ Vestiges of Creation"; Mr. Herbert Spencer and

evolution ; Lyell's letters ; Sir Joseph Hooker on species ;

Mr. A. R. Wallace communicates his views to Darwin ;

Lyell and Hooker persuade Darwin to publish his views

together with those of Wallace; introductory letter by

Lyell and Hooker to Linnean Society, June 30, 1858;

Darwin's and Wallace's papers, read July 1, 1858 ; Sir J.

Hooker announces his adhesion to Darwin's views, 1859. 64.

CHAPTER V.

Analysis of the “Origin of Species,” published Nov. 1859;