Leaders in Science CHARLES DARWIN HIS LIFE AND WORK BY CHARLES CHARLES 'FREDERICK HOLDER THE N. Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CORRESPONDING MEMPER KAN KAN SOCIETY, KTC., AUTHOR OF "FLAMENTS OF ZOOLOGY," THE IVOR KING, A STRANGE COMPANY." LIGHTS, Leaders in Science CHARLES DARWIN HIS LIFE AND WORK BY CHARLES FREDERICK HOLDER FELLOW OF THE N. Y. ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HEN the publishers proposed to me the subject of the present volume, a life of Charles Darwin for American and English readers, I was particularly gratified with the suggestion that the work should be adapted to young readers as well as old. It has always seemed to me that the life of Charles Darwin was one eminently fitted to be held up as an He stood as example to the youth of all lands. the central figure in the field of natural science in this century, and while it is yet too early to present his life with any approximation of its results upon the thought of the future, it is apparent to every one that his influence upon the intellectual growth of the country, and upon biological science in particular, has been marked and epoch making. In the preparation of the work I have not attempted an analytical dissertation upon Darwin's life-work, neither have I discussed his theories or their possible effect upon the scientific world, but |