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THE READER

... considerations. This is good news for impatient lovers. In Evolu- tion he traces the gradual growth of the idea. shows that Charles Darwin did not, as many people believe, invent the notion, appor- tions to many scientific men their share in building up ...

Published: Saturday 14 December 1889
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2113 | Page: 13 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

BIOGRAPHY

... Longans, and edited by F Mr. Andrew Lang. is worthily commreneed by a Mr. Grant Allen's fascinating little volume on ' Charles Darwin. The names of the writers who have undertaken to contribute towards the a completion of the seaies show that it is likely ...

MR. DARWIN ON THE MOVEMENTS OF PLANTS.*

... movement has been usd to investigate the movements of vegetable organs. The rhythm of Tlie Power of Movement in Plants. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., ?? t( ly I' Lancis Darwin, (London: John Murray. 1880.) the pulse or of the complex paces of the horse can be ...

MR. DARWIN ON THE MOVEMENTS OF PLANTS

... movement has been ed to investigate the movements of vegetable organs. The rhythm of ls;' ?? Power of Movement in Plants. By Charles Darwin, LL.D., ?? e t by Francis Darwin. (London: John Murray. i88o.) the pulse or of the complex paces of the horse can be made ...

SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY

... Piccadilly- Rev. C. Voysey, xi and 7. SUNDAY LECTURES. Posjilji t Sidety, Newton Hall, Fettcr-lmne- Mr. Frdtric larrison. on Charles Darwin,' B. 6r, rn Fll-road, nsbury Park-Mr. F. W. Bocreit, cn The Real and the Ideal, 7. Proaresoivc A~socvitinl' The Hali ...

REVIEWS

... some of those oft-quoted thingrs in heaven and earth. The other essays in this volume do not call for much notice. a Charles Darwin and Agnosticism is an attempt to elucidate from Darwin's Life and Letters the source and growth of that none the ...

DO LITERARY MEN LIKE MUSIC?

... during his leisure hours. A violin which belonged to him is still, we believe, in the careful possession of his family. Charles Darwin had no ear for music, but, in his earlier days at least, he had a great love for it. He often spoke of a curious feeling ...

Published: Saturday 21 June 1890
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2138 | Page: 17 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

THE READER

... and dispositions of future generations, and certainly no man has done more to guide the tendencies of his age than Charles Darwin. Moreover, for such lives the great thing is to select fitting writers ; and who could be found more thoroughly in sympathy ...

Published: Saturday 12 December 1885
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2533 | Page: 23 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FALCONER'S PALAEONTOLOGICAL MEMOIRS

... carried on with his friend Mr. Bask at Gibraltar, whence he hurried home to promote the award of the Copley Medal to Tr. Charles Darwin. This act was almost his last ; in eleven days froni his attendance at the council meeting death closed his honourable ...

DARWIN ON DOMESTICATION AND VARIATION

... whole growths, I could not have believed it possible that * The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. By Charles Darwin, ; M.A., F.R. S. Two volumes, with Illustrations. (London: John Murray. 1863.) r biro a difference apparently so slight ...

MR. DARWIN ON WORMS

... sake of wartrith ; as ' lc ?? of \cgctabie Mould, through the Action of Worms; with O)ser- atiens on thuir flal,its. 1y Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. (London: John M\!urray. ISSI.) = Irl Darwin noticed that when kept in a room with. a fire t ~ lpcrformed ...

MR. DARWIN ON WORMS

... of warmth ; as The Foration of Vegetable Mould-through, the Action of Worms; with'Obser. vations on their Habits,' By Charles Darwin, LL.D., F.R.S. (London: John Murray. iS8i.) Mr. Darwin noticed that when kept in a room with a fire the rerformed the ...