Abstract
IT is a curious illustration of the change which has passed over the English mind, that already the name of Darwin should head the list of a projected series of popular books, not on eminent men of science, but on “English Worthies.” This first member of the series is, as might have been expected from its authorship, a pleasing and favourable specimen of a kind of literature for which the public appear to entertain so keen a relish. For it is not only clear and picturesque in style, but is also evidently written con amore. Indeed, it was impossible for any man of common sense or common sensibility to have come into any kind of relation with Mr. Darwin, without being stirred by feelings of hero-worship, and Mr. Allen's reverential love for the hero is a natural tribute fittingly rendered to the lofty nature and mighty influence for whose loss the universal grief is still so fresh.
Charles Darwin.
Grant Allen. “English Worthies,” Edited by Andrew Lang. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1885.)
Charles Darwin, und sein Verhältniss zu Deutschland.
Dr. Ernst Kraus. Darwinistiche Schriften, Nr. 16. (Leipzig: Ernst Günther, 1885.)
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ROMANES, G. Charles Darwin . Nature 33, 147–149 (1885). https://doi.org/10.1038/033147a0
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