Charles Darwin; his life and work / by Charles Frederick Holder.

  • Charles Frederick Holder
Date:
1891
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Credit: Charles Darwin; his life and work / by Charles Frederick Holder. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAPTER XIII. DARWIN THE NATURALIST .... 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 I 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- ligion—Final Work and Death. CHAPTER XVI. HONOURS OF A LIFETIME 149 Membership in Societies—The Institute of France—Prizes, Medals, Degrees, Portraits, Gifts, etc. CHAPTER XVII. THE DARWIN FAMILY 156 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.