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OBITUARY. CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN, LL.D., F.R.S. DIED, at his residence, Down House, Orpington, Kent, England, April 19, 1882, CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN, LL.D., F.R.S., in the seventy-fourth year of his age. Dr. Darwin was born at Shrewsbury, England, February 12, 1809. His reputation as a naturalist was established shortly after he attained his majority. He has contributed to literature many and

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valuable treatises on a variety of scientific subjects, but the most important of his writings was "Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection." His more recent works have been devoted to the supplying of data in support of his conclusions with reference to the doctrine of Evolution, or, as it has come to be familiarly termed, "Darwinism." It is safe to affirm that the influence of Dr. Darwin's ideas has been recognized not only by the scientific world, but by thoughtful men in almost every department of intellectual activity. He has, doubtless, done more than any other man in modern times to revolutionize the thought of the civilized world concerning man's relations to the physical universe, and his name will live in history as one of the most scientific thinkers and inquirers appearing in the annals of the human race.