finally accepting Natural Selection, 77;
opposition to his views, 83, 84;
his belief in Evolution at an early date, 81, 84-86;
his anticipation of 'Mimicry,' 85, 86;
his action in Darwin-Wallace episode, 113, 129;
induces Darwin to commence writing his work, 128;
his attitude towards theory of Natural Selection, 139, 140, 145;
great influence of Lyell's works on Darwin and Evolution, 150;
misrepresentation of his views, 152-154;
his declining years, 157;
last hours, 80;
Hooker's tribute to his memory, 79, 80

LYELL, CHARLES (the elder), botanist and student of Dante, 41;
intercourse with the Hookers, 126

MALTHUS, _On Population_, influence of work on Darwin, 107;
on Wallace, 112

Man, descent of, Darwin's work on, 142, 144;
Wallace's views on, 144

MANTELL, Lyell's researches with, 48;
correspondence with, 55, 89

MATTHEW, P., anticipation of theory of Natural Selection, 92

MILTON, description of creation, 13;
Darwin's early love of his poetry, 134;
at Christ's College, Cambridge, 13

Mimicry, doctrine of, Lyell's early recognition of importance, 85, 86

_Modern Science, Darwin and_, 148

MURCHISON, accompanies Lyell to Auvergne, 56;
opinion of Lyell, 57;
Lyell's opinion of, 57, 58;
3rd Vol. of _Principles_ dedicated to, 66;
correspondence with, 59

MURRAY, JOHN, and _Quarterly Review_, 60;
publishes Lyell's works, 60;
publishes Darwin's works, 130;
his reminiscences of Darwin, 132

Music, Darwin's loss of power to appreciate, and its cause, 134, 135

Natural Selection, theory of, defined by Huxley, 106;
forestalled by Wells, Matthew &c., 18, 19;
first conception of by Darwin, 107;
by Wallace, 112

'Neptunism' or 'Wernerism' and Catastrophism, 18

NEWTON, Professor A., on vague hopes of solution of 'species question'
before Darwin, 94, 109

_Origin of Species_, first idea of, 121;
plan proposed to follow _Principles_, 123;
first sketch of 1842, enlarged draft of 1844, commencement of great
treatise on Evolution in 1856, interruption by arrival of
Wallace's papers, 128, 129;
the 'Abstract' or _Origin of Species_ commenced, 130;
finished, 131;
reception of, 132-139;
influence of, 1, 159

OSBORN, H. F., his _From the Greeks to Darwin_, 16;
on Lamarck, 87

PALEY, his influence on Darwin, 108

PHILLIPS, JOHN, his attitude towards Lyell's views, 30, 71

Philosophers, on Evolution, 16, 82

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