tial Address to Entomological Society, 126;
reads proofs of Spencer's "principles of Sociology," 126;
correspondence with Darwin, 127-320;
inscription on envelope containing Darwin's first eight letters, 128;
sends Darwin a honeycomb, 143;
reads Spencer's works, 147, 150;
"expose" of Rev. S. Haughton's "Bee's Cell," 148;
his opinion of Agassiz, 149;
and the origin of man, 152, 153, 154, 155 _et seq._, 240;
and Darwin's paper on climbing plants, 162;
on a crested blackbird, 163;
on the _Reader_, 165;
on mimicry, 167 (note), 168, 176, 179;
approves of term "survival of the fittest," 171;
birth of a son, 188;
later views on Natural Selection, 217, 218;
dedicates "Malayan Travels" to Darwin, 232;
birth of a daughter, 234;
visits Wales, 247;
reviews "Descent of Man," 260;
on Chauncey Wright and Mivart, 265-7;
Bethnal Green Museum directorship, 277;
and second edition of "Descent of Man," 281 (note), 282, 283;
social and political views, 283, 317, 319, ii. 139-65, 245-7;
at Dorking, i. 294, 297, ii. 106;
and the superintendency of Epping Forest, i. 302, 303, 304, 306, ii. 106;
writes a work on Geography, i. 304, ii. 14;
recommended for a Civil List pension, i. 313-16;
works on Biology, etc., ii. 3 _et seq._;
articles for "Encyclopaedia Britannica," 11;
lectures at Boston, U.S.A., 15;
correspondence on biology, geographical distribution, etc., 18-102;
on theory of flight, i. 145, ii. 25-8;
and Mivart's "Genesis of Species," 34;
friendship with Meldola, 35;
theory of animal heat, 35;
and Romanes, 36 _et seq._, 49 _et seq._;
on ferns, 40;
on sterility and Natural Selection, 41 _et seq._;
admitted to Royal Society, 55, 56, 221, 222;
on "discontinuous variation," 62-3;
theory of mouth-gesture as a factor in origin of language, 65;
on non-heredity of acquired characters, 70;
his last public lecture, 87, 222-3;
two of his works translated into Japanese, 100;
home life, 103-138;
domesticity of, 104;
skill at chess, 107;
Examiner in Physiography at South Kensington, 109;
as housebuilder, 110, 111, 119-120;
honours from scientific societies, 113;
enthusiasm for orchids, 114;
his method of writing, 120-1, 243;
and psychical research, 122, 167, 181-215, 239-40;
daily routine, 123-4;
sense of humour, 125-6, 132, 133, 134, 226, 227, 228;
receives the Order of Merit, 127-9;
his Sarawak spider, 131;
failing